Gucheng

See also: gǔchéng, and gùchēng

English

Alternative forms

• Ku-ch'eng, Kucheng, Ku-ch'êng (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 穀城／谷城 (Gǔchéng).

Proper noun

Gucheng

1. A county of Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
   • [1959 September, Tung Ta-lin, “Co-operation Preceding Mechanization”, in Agricultural Co-operation in China (China Knowledge Series)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 45:

     Here we may cite the example of the Tungsheng Agricultural Producers’ Co-operative in Kucheng County, Hupeh Province. Nine crops, mostly vegetables, were planted in 1954 on each of the twenty-eight mou singled out. The per-mou yield was 20,000 catties for vegetables and 500 for maize, a yield that could only be obtained from as many as eleven “1,000-catty” mou.]

   • 2007 December, Huanzhi Liu, “New Roads to Prosperity in Central China”, in China Today‎^[2], volume 56, number 12, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 78:

     The industrialization of tea production in Wushan Town of Gucheng County, Xiangfan City, provides another example of the benefits generated by improved rural roads. The dispersed tea-growing fields in the area are now linked by modern roads, allowing the formation of an integrated tea growing base of 1,700 hectares.

   • 2014, Qingli Meng, “Findings: The Three Stages of Corruption in China”, in Corruption in Transitional China: A 33-Year Study‎^[3], Wolf Legal Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 131:

     The Party Secretary and the Mayor of Gucheng County, Hubei Province were removed from their positions for using public funds to buy expensive cars within their administrative jurisdictions.

Translations

county in central China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 穀城／谷城 (zh) (Gǔchéng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Gucheng”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1462, column 1

Anagrams

• Chenggu