Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Xiuwu.
Then the next morning after early breakfast, we were off again, going through industrial Chiaotso this time, on our way for a stop at the Tangyangyu Village of the Hsicheng Commune of Hsiuwu County.
1972, Rewi Alley, “A Journey to Chiyuan”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XI, number 6, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 28, column 22 more examples
In Hsiuwu county, Honan, the party secretary was concerned whether or not, in the event of flood or famine, the state would pay wages after public ownership was declared and the free supply system instituted.
1960, Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung, volume I, Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3470?The area has stony soil and is short of water resources. The Fangchuang commune of Hsiuwu County, Honan Province, is located at the foot of the mountains. In order to develop farm production rapidly they began building a reservoir which would contain 10 million cubic metres of water.
1975, Hsin Chang, “Armymen and Civilians”, in China Pictorial, Peking: China Pictorial, →ISSN, →OCLC, column 2
Origin
- Mandarin修武
- EnglishHsiuwu
From Mandarin 修武 (Xiūwǔ) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsiu¹-wu³.
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