Huoqiu

Huo·qiu
H4U1O1Q10I1U1

proper noun

A county of Lu'an, Anhui, China.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Huo-ch'iu

  1. A county of Lu'an, Anhui, China.

    Tai, Ching-nung was born in Huochiu in Anhui province.

    北美館二〇〇一 : 典藏常設展

    [2001, “Tai, Ching-nung [臺靜農]”, in Highlights from the Permanent Collection [北美館二〇〇一 : 典藏常設展], Taipei Fine Arts Museum, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 39
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    An example of success through relying on the masses was our problem of cutting a canal through Pingkang Hill in Huochiu county.

    [1974 December, Chih-chang Chen, “Dry Hills into Water Country”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXIII, number 12, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 38, column 1

    One phase of Maoist land reconstruction policy for which nobody now has a good word to say is the reclamation of lakes. In Huoqiu county in western Anhui, Chengxi Lake was partly reclaimed, reducing its area by two-thirds and its capacity of 700 million cu m by nine-tenths. As a direct result, the lake could no longer accommodate the flood waters resulting from heavy rain, and flood danger in the whole area was sharply increased.

    1985, Frank Leeming, Rural China Today, Longman, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 91

    Lu Qianrong was visited in his home in Linshui township, Huoqiu county by a group of officials from the local government, as well as higher-ranking officials from nearby Changzhou city, he told RFA on Monday.

    2018 July 9, Gao Feng, “Officials in China's Anhui Target Xi Jinping Critic For 'Psychiatric Treatment'”, in Luisetta Mudie, transl., edited by Luisetta Mudie, Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 09 Jul 2018

Origin

  1. Mandarin霍邱 /霍丘
  2. EnglishHuoqiu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 霍邱 /霍丘 (Huòqiū).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 霍邱
  • 霍邱 (fok³ jau¹)county
Chinese Mandarin 霍邱
  • 霍邱 (Huòqiū)county
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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