Meanings
Wufeng1
alternative Wu-feng
- A Tujia autonomous county in Yichang, Hubei, China.
They captured Hofeng county in Hupeh and Sangchih county in Hunan and set up Soviet power. Then they built up revolutionary bases around Hsuan-en and Wufeng counties in Hupeh province.
1977 November, Wu Han-wen, “Ho Lung's Days with the Red Army”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXVI, number 11, Peking, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Oct 2023, page 13, column 31 more example
In Wu-feng hsien “the marriage contract of a pan-tzu pan-hsü only stipulates that the son-in-law is "to support his parents-in-law while they live and to bury them when they die. It does not specify the number of years he is to remain with the family." But in Chu-ch’i hsien, Ma-ch’eng hsien, and Hsing-shan hsien, "the agreement specifies how long he is to remain with his parents-in-law or notes that he cannot return home until they die."
[1980, Arthur P. Wolf, Chieh-shan Huang, Marriage and Adoption in China, 1845-1945, Stanford, Cal.: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 97–98, 416 - A mountain indigenous township in Hsinchu County, Taiwan.
Barry Martinson lives in Hsinchu’s Wufong Township (五峰), having moved there 42 years ago.
[2017 June 1, Chen Bing-hung, Jake Chung, “Father George Martinson dies”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2017, Front Page, page 11 more example
Covering 76,850 hectacres, about three times the area of Taipei City, Shei-Pa National Park comprises Wufong and Jianshih in Sinjhu County, Taian in Miaoli County, and Heping in Taijhong County.
[2003 March, “Shei-Pa National Park Guide to the Exhibition Hall in Wenshui Visitor Center”, in Bai Fengshuo, transl., edited by Michael Lee, Young-Fa Lin, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2023
Wufeng2
alternative Wufong · alternative Wu-feng
- A district of Taichung, Taiwan.
The fifth plenary session of the Provincial Assembly opened at Wufeng near Taichung in central Taiwan.
1976, China Yearbook 1976, Taipei: China Publishing Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 499, column 12 more examples
In 1977, the institute moved into new facilities at Wufeng, Taichung Hsien, in central Taiwan. At Wufeng, it has an experimental farm of 128 hectares, four laboratory buildings, an administration building, 12 greenhouses, and a number of auxiliary buildings.
1988, Joseph A. Yager, Transforming Agriculture in Taiwan: The Experience of the Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 150A huge Buddhist statue in Wufeng, Taiwan, tilts after the area was hit by a strong earthquake Tuesday.
1999 September 21, William Foreman, “Searchers Comb Wreckage in Taiwan; Toll Rises”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2023
Origin
Wufeng · proper noun
- Mandarin五峰
- EnglishWufeng
Postal romanization of the Mandarin 五峰 (Wǔfēng).
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Full word history & related roots →Wufeng · proper noun
- Mandarin霧峰 /雾峰
- EnglishWufeng
From Mandarin 霧峰 /雾峰 (Wùfēng).
More words from Mandarin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 五峰, 霧峰 /雾峰
- 五峰 (ng⁵ fung¹)autonomous county in central China; town in central China; township in central China; township in northern Taiwan
- 霧峰 /雾峰 (mou⁶ fung¹)district
Chinese Mandarin 五峰, 霧峰 /雾峰
- 五峰 (Wǔfēng)autonomous county in central China; town in central China; township in central China; township in northern Taiwan
- 霧峰 /雾峰 (Wùfēng)district
Cite this entry
Wufeng. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wufeng
“Wufeng.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wufeng. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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