Panzhihua

English

Alternative forms

• P'an-chih-hua, Panchihhua (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 攀枝花 (Pānzhīhuā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɑːnd͡ʒɪˈhwɑː/

Proper noun

Panzhihua

1. A prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China.
   • 2008 August 31, Edmund Klamann, “China steelmaker Panzhihua checking quake damage”, in Jonathan Hopfner, editor, Reuters‎^[1], archived from the original on 05 May 2022, Editor's Picks‎^[2]:

     An earthquake on Saturday about 20 miles southeast of Panzhihua city, near Sichuan province’s border with Yunnan, killed 27 people, damaged or destroyed more than 180,000 homes and affected at least 800,000 residents, state media said on Sunday.

Translations

prefecture-level city in China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 攀枝花 (zh) (Pānzhīhuā)

Further reading

• Panzhihua, Panchihhua at Google Ngram Viewer
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Panzhihua”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[3], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2359, column 1