Qiongzhong

Qiong·zhong
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proper noun

A Li and Miao autonomous county in Hainan, China.

Scrabble 33

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A Li and Miao autonomous county in Hainan, China.

    Twenty-six people from our village are delegates to peoples' congresses at various levels in Kwangtung province. My Mei-hua was elected vice-chairwoman of the Chiungchung county revolutionary committee.

    [1973 August, Teng Yuan-ying, “A Miao Woman's Story”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXII, number 8, Peking, →OCLC, page 45, column 1
    1 more example

    The head of the finance bureau in Qiongzhong county, Hainan, was sacked last week after an inspection team visited a restaurant and found an invoice for 15,000 yuan (HK$18,400) issued to the government that was actually for three private banquets held by the chief.

    2013 January 30, Zhuang Pinghui, “Xi Jinping calls for curbs on lavish official banquets”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 May 2014, China

Origin

  1. Mandarin瓊中 /琼中
  2. EnglishQiongzhong

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 瓊中 /琼中 (Qióngzhōng).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 瓊中 /琼中
  • 瓊中 /琼中Li and Miao autonomous county
Chinese Mandarin 瓊中 /琼中
  • 瓊中 /琼中 (Qióngzhōng)Li and Miao autonomous county
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