Qingxu

Qing·xu
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proper noun

A county of Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.

Scrabble 23

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A county of Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.

    Zhao Guifa was born in Zhaojiabao, Qingxu county, Taiyuan, in 1940. He was originally the Zhaojiabao accountant and secretary of the CCP committee, having joined the CCP in 1973.

    1999, David S. G. Goodman, “The New Middle Class”, in Merle Goldman, Roderick MacFarquhar, editors, The Paradox of China's Post-Mao Reforms, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 253
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    Secretary of the Chinghsu County CCP Committee (Yang Ming) and Deputy Secretary (Tao Hsiao-li) have spoken about their study experiences at forums of county, commune, and brigade cadres.

    [1971 October 20 [1971 October 3], “Taiyuan Municipality Develops Study Campaign”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 203, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Taiyuan Shansi Provincial Service, translation of original in Chinese, →ISSN, →OCLC, page F 5

    Torrential rains have battered the northern Chinese province of Shanxi in the past few days, leaving parts of the provincial capital Taiyuan and other areas under water, with bridges, railway lines, and houses collapsing after multiple landslides, local residents told RFA on Thursday.[...] State broadcaster CCTV reported that more than 15,000 residents of eight villages in Qingxu county had been evacuated after a river burst its banks and flooded Xiaowu village, where rescue work is still in progress.

    2021 October 7, Qiao Long, “Villagers Complain of Scant Help in China's Shanxi Amid Flooding, Landslides”, in Luisetta Mudie, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 07 Oct 2021

Origin

  1. Mandarin清徐
  2. EnglishQingxu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 清徐.

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 清徐
  • 清徐county
Chinese Mandarin 清徐
  • 清徐county
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