Xuanwei

Xuan·wei
X8U1A1N1W4E1I1

proper noun

A county-level city of Qujing, Yunnan, China.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Suanwei

  1. A county-level city of Qujing, Yunnan, China.
    1 more example

    Nonsmoking women in an area of China’s Yunnan province die of lung cancer at a rate 20 times that of their counterparts in other regions of the country — and higher than anywhere else in the world.[…] Like others in rural China, the families of Xuanwei County use coal for heat and for cooking. As the coal burns, particles of silica are released with the vapor and inhaled. Women, who do the cooking, face the greatest exposure.

    2010 January 11, Sindya N. Bhanoo, “Coal Is Linked to Cancer in China Province”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2010, Health

Origin

  1. Mandarin宣威
  2. EnglishXuanwei

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for Mandarin 宣威 (Xuānwēi).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 宣威
  • 宣威 (syun¹ wai¹)county-level city
Chinese Mandarin 宣威
  • 宣威 (Xuānwēi)county-level city
Hindi श्वेनवेइ
  • श्वेनवेइ (śvenvei)county-level city
Japanese 宣威
  • 宣威 (seni)county-level city
Cite this entry
APA

Xuanwei. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Xuanwei

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Xuanwei,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Xuanwei.

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