Fuchien

F4U1C3H4I1E1N1
/ˌfuːtʃiˈɛn/

A form of Fujian — Of, from, or related to Mount Fuji.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Fujian.

    Such scraps of verse are often written on small pieces, and form perhaps, the sole decoration, as in the case of a little pair of blanc-de-chine winecups from the province of Fuchien, of which Fig. 60 is one.

    1897, S. W. Bushell, “Introduction to the Classification of Chinese Porcelain.—Inscriptions.—Chronology.”, in Oriental Ceramic Art, volume 1, New York: D. Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 29
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    During 1864, the rebels, under Li Shih-hsien and others, numbering “scores of myriads,” again invaded Kiangsi, and were joined by the remnants of the rebel forces from Soochow and Changchow. Fuchien and the neighbouring prefectures were completely over run by them, and people feared that the horrors of 1855 were about to be repeated.

    1872 August 24, “Peking Gazettes.”, in North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette, volume IX, number 277, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 151, column 3

    For some time past the legal currency in the various Provinces has been insufficient for use. Formerly the two Provinces of Fuchien and Kuangtung minted some large, round copper coins of excellent workmanship that were said, by the people after they were put into circulation, to be convenient.

    1914, Wen Pin Wei, chapter IV, in The Currency Problem in China, Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 111

    Painting appears, but is still essentially subordinate, in the decoration of a small tea-bowl, a specimen of the widely popular type with iron-brown glaze, known in Japan as temmoku. The most famous variety was made at Chien-ning, in Fuchien province, and this is consequently known as “Chien” ware, a name often loosely applied to the whole class.

    1930, “Department of Ceramics”, in Review of the Principal Acquisitions During the Year 1929, Victoria & Albert Museum, →OCLC, page 17

    When Sun was ejected from Canton, the Kwangsi militarists took control of Kwangtung, but Ch’en and his twenty battalions were safe in Fuchien. In time he built up his force until he controlled some twenty-six hsien in southern Fuchien, with headquarters at Chang-chou.

    1966, George T. Yu, “Rebirth: Prelude to Reorganization”, in Party Politics in Republican China: The Kuomintang, 1912-1924, University of California Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 158

    Pi Ting-chun, "commander of Foochow military region," was killed in a helicopter incident[...]Pi Ting-chun, 62, a native of Kingsai, Anhwer Province, had been “deputy commander” of the “Fuchien provincial military district,” “deputy commander” of the “Foochow military region,” and “commander” of the “Lanchow military region.”

    Free China Weekly

    1976 July 18, “Military chieftain dies in helicopter crash”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly], volume XVII, number 28, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3

Origin

  1. Chinese福建
  2. EnglishFuchien

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 福建 (Fújiàn), Wade–Giles romanization: Fu²-chien⁴.

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