Jixi

See also: jīxǐ and Jīxī

English

Alternative forms

• Chi-hsi (Wade–Giles)

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 雞西／鸡西 (Jīxī).

Alternative forms

• Kisi

Proper noun

Jixi

1. A prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang, China.
   • [1967, “The Wuhan Revolt and After”, in The Cultural Revolution in China: Its Origins and Course (Keesing's Research Report)‎^[1], New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 50:

     Heilungkiang. The commander of the garrison of Chihsi was reported to have ordered an armed attack on a Red Guard rally on May 14, a number of Red Guards being wounded and 1,000 arrested, whilst 11 people were reported on June 12 to have been killed in fighting between 20,000 Maoists and anti-Maoists at Kiamusze.]

   • 1987, Catharine T. Fogg, Edward H. Boyle, Jr., “Major CPEC Flake Graphite Producers”, in Flake and High Crystalline Graphite Availability—Market Economy Countries: A Minerals Availability Appraisal‎^[2], number 9122, Bureau of Mines, United States Department of the Interior, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 40, column 1:

     In Heilongjiang Province alone, 14 graphite deposits are reported, with 1 occurrence near Jixi City reportedly containing 300 Mmt of surface-minable material (31) and another large deposit located in the Heling area of Boli County.

Translations

prefecture-level city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雞西／鸡西 (zh) (Jīxī)

Further reading

• Jixi in Encyclopædia Britannica
• “Jixi, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Jixi”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 績溪／绩溪 (Jìxī).

Proper noun

Jixi

1. A county of Xuancheng, Anhui, China.
   • [1968, “Hu Shih”, in Biographical Dictionary of Republican China‎^[3], volume II, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 167:

     A native of Chihsi hsien, Anhwei, Hu Shih was born in Shanghai. […] Hu Shih and his mother returned to the family home in Chihsi in early 1895, but Hu Ch'uan remained in Taitung, where he was serving as prefectural magistrate and garrison commander, until summer.]

   • 2012 March 29, Edward Wong, “In Rural China, Temples to Past Merchant Wealth Endure”, in The New York Times‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 March 2012, Asia Pacific‎^[5]:

     Another Hu family, from Jixi County, sold tea; they were the ancestors of President Hu Jintao, whose father, while living in Jiangsu, tried to expand the tea business to Shanghai and Zhejiang, and exported tea leaves to Europe and the United States, wrote Lee Khoon Choy, a retired Singaporean journalist and politician, in a book, “Pioneers of Modern China.”

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 績溪／绩溪 (zh) (Jìxī)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Jixi”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1452, column 3