Fengqiu
English
Alternative forms
- Feng-ch'iu (Wade–Giles)
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 封邱 / 封丘 (Fēngqiū).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌfʌŋˈt͡ʃjoʊ/
- enPR: fǔngʹchyōʹ[1]
Proper noun
Fengqiu
- A county of Xinxiang, Henan, China.
- [1972, Stewart E. Fraser, Hsu Kuang-liang, “Periodical Articles”, in China: The Cultural Revolution: Its Aftermath and Effects on Education and Society: A Select and Partially Annotated Bibliography[2], University of London Institute of Education Library, →OCLC, page 75:
- "A New Era of Poor and Lower-Middle Peasants Taking the Rostrum Has Begun." (January 11, 1969). […]
[The article] Reports the formation of lecture groups of poor and lower-middle peasants and their teaching in rural schools in Feng-ch'iu County, Honan Province.]
- [1974, Rewi Alley, “In an Ancient Kingdom the First People's Commune”, in Eastern Horizon[3], volume XIII, number 6, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 48, column 1:
- Back at Sinhsiang, we spent an evening watching the acrobats of Fengchiu. Fengchiu in north-eastern Honan has a reputation for producing the best acrobats, and they certainly put on an original show.]
- 2008 March 10, “Shrinking Chinese work force pushes wages up”, in The New York Times[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 March 2023, International Business[5]:
- "This village is just old people and children," said Du Shicheng, 51, a farmer in Fengqiu County whose two adult children work at a cellphone factory in the east. "Everyone else has already left."
- 2012 August 15, “China Digest”, in South China Morning Post[6], sourced from Xinhua News Agency, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 1 June 2024, China[7]:
- Two young love-struck brothers were caught and severely scolded by police on Monday for knocking on the window of a 14-year-old girl every night in Fengqiu county, Xinxiang , Dahe.cn reports. The boys, whose ages were not given, had both failed in their pursuit of the girl.
Translations
county
References
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Fengkiu or Feng-ch’iu”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 609, column 2
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Fengqiu”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[8], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1215, column 3