Qinshui
English
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 沁水.
Pronunciation
- enPR: chĭn′shwā′[1]
- Hyphenation: Qin‧shui
Proper noun
Qinshui
- A county of Jincheng, Shanxi, China.
- [1965 August 3 [1965 July 19], “Not Only for 'Pocket Money'”, in Daily Report: Foreign Radio Broadcasts, volume I, number 148, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA Domestic Service, translation of original in Chinese, →OCLC, Communist China: National Affairs, page CCC 1:
- The PEOPLE'S DAILY today frontpages a report introducing the experience of Chinshui county, Shansi, in developing diversified economy. […]
Chinshui county is a hilly region with favorable conditions for developing a diversified economy.]
- [1976, “A Cave with Two Entrances”, in Sidney L. Greenblatt, editor, The People of Taihang[3], White Plains, NY: International Arts and Sciences Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 84:
- Li Shih-chün had connections with the judicial section of the puppet hsien government in Ch'in-shui. A few days later, the judicial section of the hsien government dispatched a runner to Wang-chai Village to summon Hsü Yin-yüan to appear before the court in Ch’in-shui.]
- 2008 April 21, Eric Ng, “China Leason budgets 200m yuan to expand gas liquefaction”, in South China Morning Post[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 August 2023[5]:
- First-phase liquefaction and storage facilities are in Qinshui county, Shanxi province while the second phase is in nearby Yangcheng county.
Translations
county
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References
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Tsinshui or Ch’in-shui”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1954, column 1
Further reading
- “Qinshui, Ch'in-shui, Chin-shui, Chinshui”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Qinshui”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[6], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2547, column 2