Lichuan

Li·chuan
L1I1C3H4U1A1N1

proper noun

A county-level city of the Enshi autonomous region, Hubei, China.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

Lichuan1

proper noun

alternative Lichwan · alternative Li-ch'uan

  1. A county-level city of the Enshi autonomous region, Hubei, China.

    Tourists pass over a bridge above where the Qing River flows through Tenglong Cave, near Lichuan in Enshi prefecture.

    2021 October 11, Michael Standaert, Eva Dou, “In search for covid origins, Hubei caves and wildlife farms draw new scrutiny”, in Washington Post, archived from the original on 11 Oct 2021, Asia & Pacific
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    Agramma hupehanum was first reported from the Lichuan District, Western Hupeh, China by Drake and Maa on July 17, 1947.

    1985 December, David Livingstone, S. Jeyanthi Bai, Md. Yacoob, “Functional Anatomy of the Egg and Nymphal Morphology of the Grass Tingid Agramma hupehanum (Drake & Maa) (Heteroptera: Tingidae) with a Note on its Egg Parasites”, in Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, volume 82, number 3, published 1986, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 483

Lichuan2

proper noun

alternative Lichwan · alternative Li-ch'uan

  1. A county of Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China.

    In the spirit of self-reliance, the poor and lower-middle peasants of (Tanhsi) commune in Lichuan County, Kiangsi, have built 14 small-size hydropower stations, nine of which are already in operation.

    1969 December 16 [1969 December 8], “Kiangsi Water Conservation”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 242, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Nanchang Kiangsi Provincial, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, Communist China: East Region, page C 11

Origin

Lichuan · proper noun

  1. Mandarin利川
  2. EnglishLichuan

From Mandarin 利川 (Lìchuān).

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Lichuan · proper noun

  1. Mandarin黎川
  2. EnglishLichuan

From Mandarin 黎川 (Líchuān).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 利川, 黎川
  • 利川 (lei⁶ cyun¹)county-level city in central China
  • 黎川 (lai⁴ cyun¹)county in Jiangxi
Chinese Mandarin 利川, 黎川
  • 利川 (Lìchuān)county-level city in central China
  • 黎川 (Líchuān)county in Jiangxi

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

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

Chicago

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