Xunyi

Xun·yi
X8U1N1Y4I1

proper noun

A county of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A county of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.

    Nowadays, there are still some people surnamed Diwu in China, and most of them lived in a village in Xunyi County, Shaanxi Province.

    秦丹

    2010, Bi Yanli [毕艳莉], translated by Qin Dan [秦丹], Tales from the Hundreds Surnames (Tales from China's Classic Essential Readings), Beijing: China Intercontinental Press (五洲传播出版社), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 184
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    At the end of 1927 the Communists were "purged" from the Kuomintang, and although in 1928 a short-lived soviet government had been proclaimed at Hsunyi, it was crushed by General Feng Yu-hsiang's pro-Nanking troops.

    [1971, Dick Wilson, “Home and Dry in Shensi”, in The Long March 1935: The Epic of Chinese Communism's Survival, New York: Viking Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 227

    Then in August 1978, the People’s Daily reported a directive transmitted by Hua Kuo-feng, then chairman of CPC, concerning the despotic practices of the cadres in Hsunyi county of Shensi province.

    [1987, Alan P. L. Liu, “Popular Politicians and Totalitarian Cadres”, in Phoenix and the Lame Lion: Modernization in Taiwan and Mainland China, 1950-1980, number 358, Stanford, Cali.: Hoover Institution Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 114

    Xia Zhanyi, Communist Party chief of Xunyi county - where the factory is located, called on all citizens to support the project and help it reach the sales goal, more than 10 times the planned 45,000 target for this year, the Beijing Daily said.

    2003 February 5, Mark O'Neill, “Beijing urges public support for car project”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Jun 2023

Origin

  1. Mandarin旬邑
  2. EnglishXunyi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 旬邑.

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 旬邑
  • 旬邑county
Chinese Mandarin 旬邑
  • 旬邑county

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