Weishi

Wei·shi
W4E1I1S1H4I1

proper noun

A county of Kaifeng, Henan, China.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Weishih

  1. A county of Kaifeng, Henan, China.

    The crash occurred in Weishi county, Henan province, on a newly upgraded road that had not been opened, witnesses were quoted as saying.

    2018 June 21, Jiaquan Zhou, “‘Drunk driver’ arrested after four children killed in car crash in China”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2018, Society
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    Similarly, Weishi county, also in eastern Henan, has 90,000 mou of such plantations, all sources of useful income in the several communes where they are located.

    1985, Frank Leeming, Rural China Today, Longman, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 96

Origin

  1. Mandarin尉氏
  2. EnglishWeishi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 尉氏.

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 尉氏
  • 尉氏county
Chinese Mandarin 尉氏
  • 尉氏county

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