Meanings
proper noun
- A county of Yushu, Qinghai, China.
Going among the masses, members of the meteorological station of Nangchien County in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, gathered 150 folk proverbs on weather changes and edited a meteorological chart of different seasons for agriculture and animal husbandry.
[1975 April 4 [1975 April 4], “Tsinghai Province Makes Advances in Meteorological Work”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 66, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Northwest Region, page M 5
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 囊謙 /囊谦
- 囊謙 /囊谦 (nong⁴ him¹)county
Chinese Mandarin 囊謙 /囊谦
- 囊謙 /囊谦 (Nángqiān)county
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