Zhouzhi
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 周至 (Zhōuzhì).
Proper noun
editZhouzhi
- A county of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
- [1976, Leslie T. C. Kuo, Agriculture in the People's Republic of China: Structural Changes and Technical Transformation[2], Praeger Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 50:
- Although data on state farms in recent years are sketchy, their general situation and problems appear to be essentially the same as they were in the 1950s and the 1960s. At a provincewide symposium of state-owned agricultural and animal husbandry enterprises, convened in Chouchih, Shensi Province, in May 1975, the participants were told that although the proportion of the enterprises in the entire rural economy was "still not great," they occupied an important position in China's socialist agriculture.]
- 2008 November 25, Ian Ransom, “Cabbies in two Chinese cities call off strikes”, in Nick Macfie, editor, Reuters[4], archived from the original on 10 April 2023, Latest Crisis[5]:
- More than 100 taxi drivers who crowded a town square in Zhouzhi county, in northwestern Shaanxi province, went back to work on Tuesday after authorities promised to crack down on unlicensed cabs, the Beijing News said.
Translations
editEtymology 2
editFrom the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 盩厔 (Zhōuzhì).
Alternative forms
editProper noun
editZhouzhi
Translations
editformer name
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References
edit- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Chowchih or Chou-chih”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 405, column 3
Further reading
edit- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Zhouzhi”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[7], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3565, column 3