Ch'iung-hai

A form of Qionghai — A sub-prefectural city of Hainan, China.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Qionghai.

    At present, Ch'iung-hai County has completed building 42 small hydroelectric power stations, with a total installed capacity of 3,362 kilowatts.

    1978 June 16 [1978 May 24], “Hainan County's Hydroelectric Power”, in Translations on People's Republic of China, number 434, United States Joint Publications Research Service, sourced from Hai-k'ou Hainan Island Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, page 82
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    In Ch'iung-hai Hsien of the same island, this year "Chen-chu-ai" has been cultivated over vast areas, yielding large increases and as 2,730 tons of the breed already harvested in June have been sent to Chekiang province, it is expected that it will be cultivated widely in Chekiang in 1966.

    1965 [1965 July 15], “The "Kwang-ch'ang-ai" and "Chen-chu-ai" Breeds”, in AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINED BY CROP IMPROVEMENT IN CHINA, CIA, published 2003, Document Number: CIA-RDP78-04546A003200010004-4, page 6

    After working in the wood-chopping section in Ch'iung-hai county, Hainan island, he was then sent to the "May 7" cadre school to undergo forced labor.

    1973, Issues & Studies, volume 9, numbers 7-12, Institute of International Relations, Republic of China (中華民國國際關係研究所), →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6

Origin

  1. Mandarin瓊海 /琼海
  2. EnglishCh'iung-hai

From Mandarin 瓊海 /琼海 (Qiónghǎi) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻiung²-hai³.

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