Lingshi

Ling·shi
L1I1N1G2S1H4I1
/(ˈ)lɪŋˈʃi/

proper noun

A county of Jinzhong, Shanxi, China.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Ling-shih

  1. A county of Jinzhong, Shanxi, China.

    On 28 December 1937, a force of twenty-five men led by a platoon commander was dispatched to a village in Lingshi County, Shanxi Province, for pacification activity and to scout enemy movements.

    1995, Tanaka Norio, “A Memorial to Three War Buddies”, in Beth Cary, transl., edited by Frank Gibney, Sensō: The Japanese Remember the Pacific War, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 78
    1 more example

    Rescuers prepare to go down a coal mine at Nanshan Colliery in Lingshi county, China, November 15, 2006. Chinese police are investigating the death of a reporter beaten up while probing the country's deadly coal mines, media reported on Wednesday amid a growing outcry.

    2007 January 21, Chris Buckley, Guo Shipeng, Vivi Lin, “China outcry grows over beating death of reporter”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 13 May 2022, World News

Origin

  1. Mandarin靈石 /灵石
  2. EnglishLingshi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 靈石 /灵石.

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 靈石 /灵石
  • 靈石 /灵石county
Chinese Mandarin 靈石 /灵石
  • 靈石 /灵石 (Língshí)county
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APA

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Chicago

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