Meanings
Zhouzhi1
- A county of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
The Lao River lies to the south-west of Xian within Zhouzhi and Huxian Counties.
1991 [1987], Zou Zongxu, translated by Susan Whitfield, The Land Within the Passes: A History of Xian, Viking, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 153 more examples
Although data on state farms in recent years are sketchy, their general situation and problems appear to be essentially the same as they were in the 1950s and the 1960s. At a provincewide symposium of state-owned agricultural and animal husbandry enterprises, convened in Chouchih, Shensi Province, in May 1975, the participants were told that although the proportion of the enterprises in the entire rural economy was "still not great," they occupied an important position in China's socialist agriculture.
[1976, Leslie T. C. Kuo, Agriculture in the People's Republic of China: Structural Changes and Technical Transformation, Praeger Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 50The Chouchih County CCP Committee has once again organized 190,000 people to go in for harnessing the Wei River.
[1978 January 25 [1978 January 17], “Shensi Farmland Capital Construction”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 17, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Sian Shensi Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Northwest Region, page M 2More than 100 taxi drivers who crowded a town square in Zhouzhi county, in northwestern Shaanxi province, went back to work on Tuesday after authorities promised to crack down on unlicensed cabs, the Beijing News said.
2008 November 25, Ian Ransom, “Cabbies in two Chinese cities call off strikes”, in Nick Macfie, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 10 Apr 2023, Latest Crisis
Zhouzhi2
alternative Chou-chih
- A former name for a county of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
This song explains that the fine climate of Zhouzhi produced admirable figures like Lanqing and Zhang Fu'ao.
2010, Tian Yuan Tan, Songs of Contentment and Transgression: Discharged Officials and Literati Communities in Sixteenth-Century North China, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1051 more example
In the past year Chouchih County in Shensi Province has formed a technical group which can design and build small power stations and make small generators or transformers.
[1960 July 19, “Rural Electrification–The Mass Way”, in Peking Review, volume III, number 29, →OCLC, page 4, column 2
Origin
Zhouzhi · proper noun
- Mandarin周至
- EnglishZhouzhi
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 周至 (Zhōuzhì).
More words from Mandarin
Full word history & related roots →Zhouzhi · proper noun
- Mandarin盩厔
- EnglishZhouzhi
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 盩厔 (Zhōuzhì).
More words from Mandarin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 周至, 盩厔
- 周至 (zhōuzhì)county
- 盩厔 (Zhōuzhì)former name
Japanese 周至, 周至県
- 周至 (Shūshi)county
- 周至県 (Shūshi-ken)county
- 盩厔 (Chūchitsu)former name
- 盩厔県 (Chūchitsu-ken)former name
Cite this entry
Zhouzhi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zhouzhi
“Zhouzhi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zhouzhi. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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