Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Zigui.
The 76-km-long Hsiling Gorge, from Hsianghsi in Tzukuei County to Nantsinkuan, was noted for its treacherous shoals.
1977, “The Three Gorges”, in China Pictorial, number 9, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 36, column 12 more examples
This strech of Yangtse, so hard to navigate, is the subject of many beautiful legends. Eleven-fifteen brings us to Tzukuei, said to be the home of the poet Chu Yuan.
中国文学
1961, Chinese Literature [中国文学], Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2024, page 109Twenty minutes later, I arrived in Tzukuei. It should have been called New Tzukuei. The original Tzukuei was underwater thirty kilometers upstream on the other side of the river.
2016, Red Pine, Finding Them Gone: Visiting China's Poets of the Past, Copper Canyon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://books.google.com/books?id=B5r0CwAAQBAJ&pg=PT254
Origin
From Mandarin 秭歸／秭归 (Zǐguī) Wade–Giles romanization: Tzŭ³-kuei¹.
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