Meanings
- A county of Zhangzhou, Fujian, China.
Seven of the people infected have died. The woman who fell ill in the latest case lived in Zhangpu County in the southeastern coastal province of Fujian.
2006 February 10, en, “Bird flu outbreak puzzles Chinese officials”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Apr 20233 more examples
In Chang-p’u county (Chang-chou prefecture), for example, a gazetteer records 1.475 tou of seed per mou were used, while in Hai-ch’eng, its neighbor to the east, a figure of 1.2 tou of seed per mou is noted.
[1972, Evelyn Sakakida Rawski, Agricultural Change and the Peasant Economy of South China, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 17The Changpu county party committee has resolved to boldly arouse the masses to firmly grasp the key link--the exposure and criticism of the gang of four--and win new victories in all fields of work in 1977. Taking class struggle as the key link, the masses of cadres and the people of Changpu County conscientiously studied the theory of the dictatorship of the proletariat and carried out education in the party's basic line in 1975.
[1977 February 18 [1977 February 12], “Fukien's Chanpu^([sic – meaning Changpu]) County Stresses 'Key Link'”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 34, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Foochow Fukien Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: East Region, page G 2The ARATS letter to the SEF said: As informed by mail by the relevant Fujian provincial departments, the Minpuyu No. 1205 (made of wood, with a deadweight of 3 tons, 12 horsepower, and carrying five people) from Jiangkou [translating 江口 (Jiāngkǒu)] Village, Qianting [translating 前亭] Town in Zhangpu [translating 漳浦 (Zhāngpǔ)] County, Fujian Province, came under attack from several rounds of artillery from the Taiwan military in Dongding [translating 東碇 /东碇 (Dōngdìng)] on 10 June, when it was fishing for clams in the waters south by west of Dongding (approximately 3,000 meters from Dongding).
1995 July 7 [1995 July 5], “ARATS Denounces Shelling of Fishermen”, in Daily Report: China, number 95-130, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Beijing XINHUA Domestic Service, translation of original in Chinese, →ISSN, →OCLC, PRC Media on Taiwan Affairs, page 88, column 1
Origin
- Mandarin漳浦
- EnglishZhangpu
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 漳浦 (Zhāngpǔ).
More words from Mandarin
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Chinese Cantonese 漳浦
- 漳浦 (zoeng¹ pou²)county
Chinese Mandarin 漳浦
- 漳浦 (Zhāngpǔ)county
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