Dingxi

English

Alternative forms

• Ting-hsi (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 定西 (Dìngxī).

Proper noun

Dingxi

1. A prefecture-level city in Gansu, China.
   • [1978 November 7, Tung-chung Ho, “Why Can't the Hsianghsiang Experience Be Implemented in the Chinghui Irrigtion Area?”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China‎^[1], volume I, number 216, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page N 2:

     In 1973 the esteemed and beloved Premier Chou assigned a mumber of leading comrades of departments concerned under the State Council to investigate the drought situation and help solve difficulties in Tinghsi Prefecture.]

   • [1982, Edward L. Dreyer, “Hung-wu: The Period of Consolidation, 1368-1380”, in Early Ming China: A Political History, 1355-1435‎^[2], Stanford, Cali.: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 72:

     On 3 May Hsü Ta’s army made contact with Kökö Temür’s forces near Tinghsi in Kansu.]

   • 1999, The China Human Development Report‎^[3], Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 84:

     For instance, in the arid Dingxi region of Gansu, deforestation forced the local population to tear up the sod to use as fuel, thus further reducing the already inadequate carrying capacity of the land and exacerbating the region’s serious poverty.

   • 2013 July 22, “Earthquake kills scores in northwest”, in The Washington Post‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 July 2013, World‎^[5]:

     The quake near the city of Dingxi in Gansu province toppled brick walls and telephone lines, shattered mud-and-tile-roofed houses, and sent cascades of dirt and rock down hillsides that blocked roads and slowed rescue efforts by crews trying to reach remote areas. […]
     “I saw the bulb hanging from the ceiling start swinging wildly around. I woke my two friends and we ran into the bathroom to hide,” said arts student Li Jingui, 21, who was on the fourth floor of a school dormitory in Dingxi when the shaking started.

Translations

prefecture-level city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 定西 (zh) (Dìngxī)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Dingxi”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1022, column 3