Hsiuwu

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 修武 (Xiūwǔ) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsiu¹-wu³.

Proper noun

Hsiuwu

1. Alternative form of Xiuwu.
   • 1960, Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung‎^[1], volume I, Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3470?:

     In Hsiuwu county, Honan, the party secretary was concerned whether or not, in the event of flood or famine, the state would pay wages after public ownership was declared and the free supply system instituted.

   • 1972, Rewi Alley, “A Journey to Chiyuan”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XI, number 6, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 28, column 2:

     Then the next morning after early breakfast, we were off again, going through industrial Chiaotso this time, on our way for a stop at the Tangyangyu Village of the Hsicheng Commune of Hsiuwu County.

   • 1975, Hsin Chang, “Armymen and Civilians”, in China Pictorial‎^[2], Peking: China Pictorial, →ISSN, →OCLC, column 2:

     The area has stony soil and is short of water resources. The Fangchuang commune of Hsiuwu County, Honan Province, is located at the foot of the mountains. In order to develop farm production rapidly they began building a reservoir which would contain 10 million cubic metres of water.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Hsiuwu.