Jili

See also: jīlǐ, jīlì, jílí, jílį́, jílǐ, jílì, and jìlǐ

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 吉利 (Jílì).

Proper noun

Jili

1. (historical) A district of Luoyang, Henan, China.
   • 1988 June 29 [1988 June 20], Chen Chaozhong (7115 2600 0022) [陳朝中], “District Party Committee Secretary Causes Production at a Chemical Works To Be Partly Stopped Because He Fails To Extort What He Wants”, in Daily Report: China, number 88-125, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Beijing RENMIN RIBAO, p1, translation of original in Chinese, →ISSN, →OCLC, National Affairs, page 25, column 2:

     In March this year when production of the factory was in full swing, four procuratorial personnel of Jili District took away account books of a service company at the factory’s dormitory in Xigong District of Luoyang City. Four days later the procuratorate sealed two safes belonging to the company, forcing the company to stop doing business.

   • 1994, Ting Gong, The Politics of Corruption in Contemporary China: An Analysis of Policy Outcomes‎^[1], Praeger, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 127:

     These businesses, usually small and weak, were often forced by corrupt officials to engage in bribery in order to stay in business. For example, as revealed by the People's Daily (June 22, 1988), Gao Yuncong, secretary of Jili District Party Committee of Luoyang City, Hunan, forced the Jili Chemical Factory to buy houses, cars, and color TV sets for him.

   • 1996, John Gittings, “Peasants in Revolt”, in Real China: From Cannibalism to Karaoke‎^[2], Pocket Books, published 1997, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 46:

     In the freer political atmosphere before the 1989 repression, peasant protests against the Party in Henan were sometimes openly discussed. A transcript of a meeting between peasants and cadres in Jili district near Luoyang published in the Peasants’ Daily recorded some vivid complaints.

   • 2019, L. Yang et al., “The Regionalization of Eco-Geological Environment System”, in Geo-informatics in Sustainable Ecosystem and Society‎^[3], →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 199:

     (7) Wetland eco-geological environment system: This system is mainly distributed along two banks of the Yellow River in Jili District, Luoyang, with an area is 15.72 km², 0.1% of the total area.

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

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吉利 (zh) (Jílì)

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