Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Jiayu.
Hupeh Chang Fu-hua of Chia-yü was a provincial graduate of Hsien-feng and T'ung-chih times.
1981, Chung-li Chang, The Income of the Chinese Gentry: a Sequel to The Chinese gentry, Studies on their Role in Nineteenth-century Chinese Society, Greenwood Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 2432 more examples
²⁶ The fire at Red Cliff is a reference to the battle fought on the Yangtze River to the northeast of Chia-yü County in modern Hupeh between the joint forces of Wu and Shu and the armada of Wei during the Three Kingdoms period.
1978, “Artisan Ts'ui and His Ghost Wife”, in Conrad Lung, transl., edited by Y. W. Ma and Joseph S. M. Lau, Traditional Chinese Stories, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 256"At Wu-ch'ang County there were 19 ch'ing, 86 mou, of changed-ownership fields." "At Chia-yü 嘉魚 County a total of 1,573 ch'ing, 45 mou, for changed-ownership fields and the White-Sand dam."
1982, Chinese Studies in History, volumes 15-16, International Arts and Sciences Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 54
Origin
- Mandarin嘉魚 /嘉鱼
- EnglishChia-yü
From Mandarin 嘉魚 /嘉鱼 (Jiāyú) Wade–Giles romanization: Chia¹-yü².
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