Qindu

Qin·du
Q10I1N1D2U1

proper noun

A district of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A district of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.

    Before being appointed Shangzhou party chief in 2000, Zhang served as the city's mayor between 1999 and 2000, and Qindu district party head between 1997 and 1999.

    2006 July 23, “Shaanxi official's corruption case is the tip of iceberg”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Feb 2024
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    A case in point is the village of Tiezu, or Iron Mouth in English, located in Qindu county on the outskirts of Xianyang, a former ancient capital of China in central Shaanxi province. Starting this year, newlyweds in Qindu district have been required to sign contracts pledging to support their parents after age 60.

    1990 October 23, Lena H. Sun, “CHINA SEEKS WAYS TO PROTECT ELDERLY”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2023

    To help protect the rights of the elderly, particularly in rural areas, some localities have begun requiring contracts of support between elderly parents and their children. A case in point is the village of Tiezu, or Iron Mouth in English, located in Qindu county on the outskirts of Xianyang, a former ancient capital of China in central Shaanxi province. Starting this year, newlyweds in Qindu district have been required to sign contracts pledging to support their parents after age 60.

    1996, Lena H. Sun, “China Seeks Ways to Protect Elderly; Support Agreements Replacing Traditional Respect for the Aged”, in Ourselves and Others: The Washington Post Sociology Companion, 2nd edition, Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 131

    Rongan Property Co Ltd * Says co’s wholly owned management consulting unit and a Shaanxi-based real estate development firm will jointly develop land in Qindu District, Xianyang City

    2017 October 16, “BRIEF-Rongan Property unit and real estate development firm to jointly develop land in Xianyang”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 04 Sep 2022, Financials

    The study area of this paper covers the main urban area of Xi’an, which is mainly the area within the Xi’an Ring Expressway, including seven districts within Xi’an (Xincheng District, Beilin District, Lianhu District, Weiyang District, Yanta District, Baqiao District and Chang’an District) as well as a small part of Qindu District in Xianyang City, with a total area of about 457km².

    2023 August 24, Jiang Wu, Shenshan Han, Leijie Shi, Qun Hui, “Study on the spatial variability of thermal landscape in Xi’an based on OSM road network and POI data”, in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, volume 11, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Nov 2024

Origin

  1. Mandarin秦都
  2. EnglishQindu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 秦都 (literally “Qin Dynasty's capital”).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 秦都
  • 秦都district
Chinese Mandarin 秦都
  • 秦都district
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APA

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

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

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