Chung-hsiang

A form of Zhongxiang — A county-level city of Jingmen, Hubei, China.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Zhongxiang.

    They moved 360 miles to Chung-hsiang County, Hubei Province, where the frequency of esophageal cancer is low.

    1978, Henry S. Kaplan, Patricia Jones Tsuchitani, editors, Cancer in China, New York: Alan R. Liss, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 42
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    The author attended the first primary school established in his native district Chung-hsiang, Hupei, at the age of just over ten, when the old examination system was already abolished.

    1977, Chi Li, Anyang: A Chronicle of the Discovery, Excavation, and Reconstruction of the Ancient Capital of the Shang Dynasty, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 210

    In 1036, shortly after arriving at Yi-ling, Ou-yang Hsiu sent a lengthy letter to his friend, Yin Shu, who had been demoted at the same time as Ou-yang Hsiu and sent to Ying-chou (modern Chung-hsiang, Hupeh).

    1984, Ronald C. Egan, The Literary Works of Ou-yang Hsiu (1007-72), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 93

Origin

  1. Mandarin鍾祥 /钟祥
  2. EnglishChung-hsiang

From Mandarin 鍾祥 /钟祥 (Zhōngxiáng) Wade–Giles romanization: Chung¹-hsiang².

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