Lishi

Li·shi
L1I1S1H4I1
/ˈli(ˈ)ʃi/

proper noun

A district of Lüliang, Shanxi, China.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Li-shih

  1. A district of Lüliang, Shanxi, China.

    Lishi District 离石区 in Lüliang and Xiaodian District 小店区 in Taiyuan had a strikingly high percentage of young population, around 60 percent.

    华北地区

    2018, Fenggang Yang, “North China [华北地区]”, in Atlas of Religion in China: Social and Geographical Contexts, Brill Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 90, column 1
    2 more examples

    Geomorphologic Features The Lüliang region is located in the western Shanxi Province. Geologist Professor Liu Dongsheng first identified the section drawing of the Lishi Loess in Wangjiagou, Lishi District, LüliangCity.

    2016, Fang Wang, “Geo-Architecture Blending into Nature”, in Geo-Architecture and Landscape in China’s Geographic and Historic Context, volume 3, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 133

    Wu said she was determined to fight the decision. On September 6 she mailed documents for a lawsuit of the public security authorities in both Jiaocheng county and Luliang city to a local court in the Lishi district of Luliang.

    2017 September 13, Xinqi Su, Viola Zhou, “One of China’s ‘feminist five’ gender equality activists banned from leaving country for decade”, in South China Morning Post, archived from the original on 13 Sep 2017

Origin

  1. Mandarin離石 /离石
  2. EnglishLishi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 離石 /离石 (Líshí).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 離石 /离石
  • 離石 /离石 (lei⁴ sek⁶)district
Chinese Mandarin 離石 /离石
  • 離石 /离石 (Líshí)district

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Chicago

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