Miyun

Mi·yun
M3I1Y4U1N1

proper noun

A district of Beijing, China, formerly a county.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A district of Beijing, China, formerly a county.

    Once, at the exit to a movie house in Hopei province's Mi-yün county, forty-one reactionary posters were found, and their contents were extremely reactionary.

    《政法研究》

    [1968 [1958], Jerome Alan Cohen, quoting Li Lo, “The Definition of Criminal Conduct”, in The Criminal Process in the People's Republic of China, 1949-1963: An Introduction, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, sourced from Li Lo, "A Talk on Problems of Defending Socialist Construction in the Rural Villages," Cheng-fa yen-chiu (Political-legal research), 1:46–47 (1958) [《政法研究》], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 306
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    In 1971, the students in the Chinese department specializing in literature and their teachers went to a production brigade in Miyun County on Peking's outskirts to do some investigation work. The heroic deeds of Liu Mao-ching, the brigade's late Party branch secretary who had led the peasants in building a socialist new countryside, inspired them to do creative writing.

    1974 [1973 February 2], Theodore Hsi-en Chen, “Taking All Society as their Factory—Peking University's Achievements in Educational Revolution in the Liberal Arts”, in The Maoist Educational Revolution, Praeger Publishers, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 288

    The news agency did not report the details of the accident, which took place in the Miyun County suburb on Thursday night, but it said the Chinese police confirmed there were 37 dead.

    2004 February 5, Christine Hauser, “At Least 37 Dead, 15 Injured in Festival Stampede in China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Sep 2023, Asia Pacific

    Nanshan Ski Village in Beijing's Miyun District, the biggest and most popular ski resort in the area, provides an example of the challenges facing new entrants to the market. Like other ski facilities in the capital, Nanshan is easy to spot as the resort's 100-acre white patch stands in stark contrast to the brown of the mountains that surround Beijing on three sides.

    2018 February 6, Pei Li, Elias Glenn, “China's winter resorts face tougher terrain despite Olympics excitement”, in Philip McClellan, editor, Reuters, sourced from MENTOUGOU, China (Reuters), archived from the original on 25 Dec 2024

Origin

  1. Mandarin密雲 /密云
  2. EnglishMiyun

From Mandarin 密雲 /密云 (Mìyún).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 密雲 /密云
  • 密雲 /密云 (Mìyún)district
Japanese 密雲
  • 密雲 (Mitsuun)district
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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