Cixi

Ci·xi
C3I1X8I1

proper noun

A county-level city of Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, formerly a county.

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Tz'u-hsi

  1. A county-level city of Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, formerly a county.

    A solar farm in the city of Cixi in eastern Zhejiang province made the news recently for installing 300 hectares of solar panels above a fish farm.

    2017 February 24, Josh Ye, “China’s world-beating solar farm is almost as big as Macau, Nasa satellite images reveal”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2017, Society
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    Chen, who hails from the tiny but wealthy city of Cixi in eastern Zhejiang province, not only reflects China’s burgeoning affluence, but she and others like her represent a new trend -- rich consumers far from the major metropolitan centers.[…] Cixi, a fifth the size of Shanghai but with an average personal wealth on par with mainland China’s financial capital, is among a slew of smaller cities that mark a new competitive frontier for top global luxury auto sellers.

    2011 November 8, Fang Yan, Ken Wills, Tina Qiao, “In China, luxury car makers drive inland”, in Don Durfee, Matt Driskill, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 07 Nov 2023

Origin

  1. Mandarin慈谿 /慈溪
  2. EnglishCixi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 慈谿 /慈溪 (Cíxī).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 慈谿 /慈溪
  • 慈谿 /慈溪 (ci⁴ kai¹)county-level city
Chinese Mandarin 慈谿 /慈溪
  • 慈谿 /慈溪 (Cíxī)county-level city
Cite this entry
APA

Cixi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cixi

MLA

“Cixi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cixi. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cixi,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cixi.

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