Cixi

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 慈谿 / 慈溪 (Cíxī).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: tsûʹshēʹ

Proper noun

Cixi

  1. A county-level city of Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, formerly a county.
    • 2011 November 8, Fang Yan, Ken Wills, Tina Qiao, “In China, luxury car makers drive inland”, in Don Durfee, Matt Driskill, editors, Reuters[1], archived from the original on 07 November 2023[2]:
      Chen, who hails from the tiny but wealthy city of Cixi in eastern Zhejiang province, not only reflects China’s burgeoning affluence, but she and others like her represent a new trend -- rich consumers far from the major metropolitan centers. []
      Cixi, a fifth the size of Shanghai but with an average personal wealth on par with mainland China’s financial capital, is among a slew of smaller cities that mark a new competitive frontier for top global luxury auto sellers.
    • 2017 February 24, Josh Ye, “China’s world-beating solar farm is almost as big as Macau, Nasa satellite images reveal”, in South China Morning Post[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 February 2017, Society‎[4]:
      A solar farm in the city of Cixi in eastern Zhejiang province made the news recently for installing 300 hectares of solar panels above a fish farm.

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