Wushi

See also: wūshī, wūshǐ, wúshì, wǔshī, wǔshí, wǔshì, wùshí, and wùshì

English

Alternative forms

• Wu-shih (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of 烏什／乌什 (Wūshí).

Proper noun

Wushi

1. Synonym of Uqturpan.
   • 2014, 李欣凭 [Li Xinping], 活力新疆 [Modern Xinjiang]‎^[1], Beijing: China Intercontinental Press (五洲传播出版社), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 201:

     On February 5, 2005, an earthquake of the magnitude of 6.2 occurred in Wushi County; on July 20, 2007, an earthquake of the magnitude 5.7 happened in Tekesi County; on March 21, 2008, another earthquake of the magnitude of 7.3 occurred in Yutian—Celle... There were 36 earthquakes of over the magnitude of 5 from 2004 to 2009, but none of those seismic resistance houses had collapsed.

   • 2014 February 14, Ben Blanchard, Arshad Mohammed, “China says 11 'terrorists' killed in new Xinjiang unrest”, in Gareth Jones, editor, Reuters‎^[2], archived from the original on 16 August 2022, World News:

     “The terrorists, riding motorbikes and cars, attacked a team of police who were gathering before the gate of a park for routine patrol at around 4 p.m. in Wushi County in the Aksu Prefecture,” Xinhua said in an English-language report. […]
     Wushi lies close to China’s border with Kyrgyzstan.

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

Translations

Uqturpan — see Uqturpan

Anagrams

• Wu-hsi, Wuhsi, Wusih