Meanings
- A county of Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Cao Cao’s army, one fifth the size of Yuan Shao’s, resisted the enemy at Guandu (Kuantu, now the northwest of Zhongmu County, Henan Province).
2004, Charles Xingzhong Li, “Cao Cao”, in Christina A. Salowey, editor, The Ancient World, Prehistory-476 C.E. (Great Lives from History), volume 1, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1834 more examples
Kuantu was in the northeast of the present Chungmou County, Honan Province, and the scene of the battle between the armies of Tsao Tsao and Yuan Shao in A.D. 200.
[1966 [1954], Mao Tse-tung, On Protracted War, 3rd edition, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, published 1967, →OCLC, page 115Since the National Conference on Learning from Tachai, the organs of Honan Military District and detachments under its direct authority have transferred some 60 cadres, led by principal leaders of the military district, to 4 brigades in Chungmou County to develop the movement of learning from Tachai.
[1976 May 7 [1976 May 6], “Honan Military District Hails 7 May Directive”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 90, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Chengchow Honan Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China:, page H 1The rival villagers failed to settle their dispute, which quickly grew to involve thousands of people in Zhongmou County, located between the cities of Zhengzhou and Kaifeng, according to two accounts of the incident.[…] One person briefed about the clashes said that authorities may have been particularly alarmed after police stopped a 17-truck convoy carrying Hui men to the area from other counties and provinces as it passed through Qi County, near Zhongmou.
[2004 October 31, Joseph Kahn, “Ethnic Clashes Erupt in China, Leaving 150 Dead”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2018, Asia PacificA local community health center in the county of Zhongmu in Henan, on Thursday. Such rural facilities are the first line of defense in a triage system to prevent overcrowding of county hospitals, but many are under pressure.
2023 January 6, David Pierson, Joy Dong, Claire Fu, Olivia Wang, Qilai Shen, “China’s Covid Surge Threatens Villages as Lunar New Year Approaches”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2023
Origin
- Mandarin中牟
- EnglishZhongmu
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 中牟 (Zhōngmù).
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Chinese Cantonese 中牟
- 中牟county
Chinese Mandarin 中牟
- 中牟 (Zhōngmù)county
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