Huangqu

Huang·qu
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/ˈhwɑŋ tʃu/

proper noun

A town in Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Gansu, China.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Huang-ch'ü

  1. A town in Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Gansu, China.

    Tourists visit a forest of desert poplar or populus euphratica in Huangqu Town, Dunhuang City, Northwest China's Gansu Province. During the autumn months, the town has drawn tourists eager to see the striking golden leaves of the trees against clear, blue skies.

    2018 October 12, “Golden leaves draw tourists to northwestern county (1/6)”, in Yao Lan, editor, China News Service, archived from the original on 20 Oct 2018
    1 more example

    In a Gansu court record, Dui Hua discovered an incident leading to the arrest of more than thirty Almighty God members. On December 6, 2012, 32 members of the Almighty God group entered a busy area near a Huangqu Township government building in Dunhuang city to distribute religious texts and perform religious songs and dance.

    2018 June, “PRISONER UPDATE”, in Dui Hua Foundation, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2021

Origin

  1. Mandarin黃渠 /黄渠
  2. EnglishHuangqu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 黃渠 /黄渠 (Huángqú).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 黃渠 /黄渠
  • 黃渠 /黄渠town in western China
Chinese Mandarin 黃渠 /黄渠
  • 黃渠 /黄渠 (Huángqú)town in western China
Cite this entry
APA

Huangqu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Huangqu

MLA

“Huangqu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Huangqu. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Huangqu,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Huangqu.

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