Fengqiu

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 封邱 / 封丘 (Fēngqiū).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌfʌŋˈt͡ʃjoʊ/
  • enPR: fǔngʹchyōʹ[1]

Proper noun

Fengqiu

  1. 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.

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References

  1. ^ 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

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