Meanings
alternative A-t'u-shih
- Synonym of Artux: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
He had come to Urumqi from the town of Atushi, near the area bordering Kyrgyzstan, to study business management at Xinjiang University.
2012, Hsiao-Hung Pai, Scattered Sand: The Story of China's Rural Migrants, Verso Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2871 more example
Another administrator who oversees 10 families in the city of Atush (Atushi) in Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture said he received a notice about the fasting restriction from local authorities.
2022 April 1, Shohret Hoshur, Roseanne Gerin, “Chinese officials restrict the number of Uyghurs who can observe Ramadan”, in Mamatjan Juma, Alim Seytoff, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2022Synonyms: Artux
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSynonym of Artux: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
Origin
- Mandarin阿圖什 /阿图什
- EnglishAtushi
c. late 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 阿圖什 /阿图什 (Ātúshí).
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Cite this entry
Atushi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Atushi
“Atushi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Atushi. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Atushi,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Atushi.
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