Atushi
See also: Ātúshí
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 阿圖什／阿图什 (Ātúshí).
Proper noun edit
Atushi
- Synonym of Artux: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
- 2012, Hsiao-Hung Pai, Scattered Sand: The Story of China's Rural Migrants[2], Verso Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 287:
- He had come to Urumqi from the town of Atushi, near the area bordering Kyrgyzstan, to study business management at Xinjiang University.
- 2022 April 1, Shohret Hoshur, Roseanne Gerin, “Chinese officials restrict the number of Uyghurs who can observe Ramadan”, in Mamatjan Juma, Alim Seytoff, transl., Radio Free Asia[3], archived from the original on 01 April 2022:
- Another administrator who oversees 10 families in the city of Atush (Atushi) in Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture said he received a notice about the fasting restriction from local authorities.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Atushi.
Translations edit
Artux — see Artux
References edit
- ^ Shabad, Theodore (1972) “Index”, in China's Changing Map[1], New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 345, 346:
- Chinese place names are listed in three common spelling styles: […] (2) the Wade-Giles system, […] shown after the main entry […] (3) the Chinese Communists' own Pinyin romanization system, which also appears in parentheses […]
Artush (A-t’u-shih, Atushi)