Meanings
- Synonym of Yunfu: the Cantonese-derived name
Meanwhile the church of Wanfow was also returned to the Catholic Church and entrusted to Father Ma.
1988, Jean-Paul Wiest, Maryknoll in China: A History, 1918-1955, M. E. Sharpe, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 2183 more examples
The towns fell to Chinese troops who cut to the rear of the Japanese drive at a point near the Kwangtung-Kwangsi border. They were Loting, south of Wuchow, treaty port from which the Japs are heading westward towards Kweilin, and Wanfow, an adjoining community.
1944 October 11, “Sino Counterblows Send Nips Reeling”, in The Stars and Stripes Mediterranean, Italy, →OCLC, page 1Only two years ago, he was still a student in the "First Middle School of Takhing", but was forced to leave school and return to Wanfow because his father, a landlord, was expropriated from all his land by the Communists during the "agrarian reform" and later died.
1954, Review of Hong Kong Chinese Press, →OCLC, page 9When interrogating their prospects, some cadres spoke so curtly and carelessly that their questions provoked only laughter. For example, the following conversation occurred between a Party cadre and a member-prospect in Wanfow County:
1955, Union Research Service, volume 1, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2Synonyms: Yunfu
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSynonym of Yunfu: the Cantonese-derived name
Origin
- Cantonese雲浮 /云浮
- EnglishWanfow
From Cantonese 雲浮 /云浮 (wan⁴ fau⁴).
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