Meanings
- A prefecture-level city of Guizhou, China.
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“In recent years earnings from farming were low, everyone let land go fallow,” said Tao Yongpan, an official at Mount Niangniang, a cluster of villages in the Liupanshui area of western Guizhou that served as an inspiration for policies promoted by Mr. Chen. “Soil erosion was serious and farmland was left idle. Rural production was on the slide.”
2017 September 12, Chris Buckley, “After Toiling in Rural China, a Protégé of Xi Jinping Joins Party’s Top Tiers”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Sep 2017, Asia Pacific
Origin
- Mandarin六盤水 /六盘水
- EnglishLiupanshui
From Mandarin 六盤水 /六盘水 (Liùpánshuǐ). ====Pronunciation====* enPR: lyō′pän′shwā′ * Hyphenation: Liu‧pan‧shui
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Chinese Cantonese 六盤水 /六盘水
- 六盤水 /六盘水 (luk⁶ pun⁴ seoi²)Translations
Chinese Mandarin 六盤水 /六盘水
- 六盤水 /六盘水 (Liùpánshuǐ)Translations
Cite this entry
Liupanshui. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Liupanshui
“Liupanshui.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Liupanshui. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Liupanshui,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Liupanshui.
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