Shigu

Shi·gu
S1H4I1G2U1

proper noun

A district of Hengyang, Hunan, China.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A district of Hengyang, Hunan, China.

    On the fifteenth of that month, the Shigu District People’s Government of Hengyang decided to grant the title of revolutionary martyr to Ding.

    Voice

    2002 August 9, Deng Fei, Wu Sanmeng, Chen Ying, “Missing the Martyr Mark”, in Beijing Today [今日北京], number 65, →ISSN, →OCLC, 声音 [shēngyīn, Voice], page 6, column 1
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    "Guan asked some of his friends from Hengyang to go with him to register, and all four of them were detained there," he said, adding that another associate of Guan's was visited by government officials in his home district of Shigu, and warned not to get involved with his bid for candidacy.

    2016 September 20, Siu-san Wong, Sing Man, Luisetta Mudie, “Four Held in China's Hunan Over Bid For Independent Election Candidacy”, in Luisetta Mudie, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2016, China

    Thirdly, from the perspective of economic connection, the 12 districts and counties in Hengyang are divided into five levels. The first level is the connection between Shigu District and Yanfeng District in the central city. The second level connection intensity is between Shigu District and Zhengxiang District in the central city and between Zhengxiang District and Hengyang County.

    2020, Zhi-yuan Wang, Chen Hai-ting, Ou Yang-mei, “Research on Regional Traffic and Economic Linkage Based on Accessibility and Gravity Model--Taking Hengyang, China as an example”, in 2020 4th International Workshop on Renewable Energy and Development (IWRED 2020), →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2023, page 1

    The time bank in Shigu District of Hengyang City, together with the School of Nursing in the University of South China, formed a model featuring a combination of medical treatment and daily care.

    2022, Fan Ying, “Localization of foreign community-based care models in urbanizing China”, in Aging in the Context of Urbanization: Social Determinants for the Depression of the Chinese Older Population, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://books.google.com/books?id=MORFEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT64

Origin

  1. Mandarin石鼓
  2. EnglishShigu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 石鼓 (Shígǔ).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 石鼓
  • 石鼓 (sek⁶ gu²)district
Chinese Mandarin 石鼓
  • 石鼓 (Shígǔ)district

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

Chicago

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