Meichuan

Mei·chuan
M3E1I1C3H4U1A1N1

proper noun

A town in Wuxue, Huanggang, Hubei, China.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Mei-ch'uan

  1. A town in Wuxue, Huanggang, Hubei, China.

    AT 10:12, the bus crossed the Yangtze River, and Min jerked awake. She said aloud the name of every town we passed on the highway: Huangshi, Meichuan, Huangmei. “We’re almost there,” she said, her voice tight with excitement.

    2008, Leslie T. Chang, Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China, New York: Spiegel & Grau, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 277
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    The unattended boy was found missing when his grandmother returned to their home in Meichuan town in the city of Wuxue after working in the fields, having told the boy an hour before to stay at home and watch television, the ChuTian Metropolis Daily reported.

    2016 July 29, Natalie Mu, “Boy, 2, dies of heatstroke in central China mountains while looking for his grandmother”, in South China Morning Post, archived from the original on 09 May 2022

Origin

  1. Mandarin梅川
  2. EnglishMeichuan

From Mandarin 梅川 (Méichuān).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 梅川
  • 梅川 (Méichuān)county-level city

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Meichuan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Meichuan.

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