Guangxi
See also: Guǎngxī
English
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) Kuang-hsi
- Kwangsi
- (obsolete) Quangsi, Quang-si
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 廣西／广西 (Guǎngxī). 廣／广 (guǎng) itself means "expanse", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in 226 AD. "Guangxi" and neighbouring Guangdong literally mean "Guang West" and "Guang East". Together, Guangdong and Guangxi are called the "Two Guangs" (兩廣／两广 (Liǎngguǎng) Liǎngguǎng).
Proper noun
Guangxi
- A Zhuang autonomous region in China. Official name: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Capital: Nanning.
- 1975, Goldwasser, Janet; Stuart Dowty, “National Minorities”, in Huan-Ying: Worker's China, New York: Monthly Review Press, →ISBN Invalid ISBN, LCCN 74-7790, OCLC 471721488, page 327:
- Cadres from minority groups have multiplied rapidly since Liberation. For example, in the early 1950s there were only about nine hundred cadres from minorities in the Guangxi-Zhuang Autonomous Region. In 1970 there were about seventy-eight thousand. More recent press reports indicate that this trend is continuing.
- 1978, McDonald, Jr., Angus W., “Power”, in The Urban Origins of Rural Revolution: Elites and the Masses in Hunan Province, China, 1911-1927, University of California Press, →ISBN, LCCN 76-7764, OCLC 964311009, page 30:
- In mid-1917, President Duan Qi-rui took steps to join China’s miniscule might in the Great War of Europe: by declaring war against Germany, he would become eligible for Japanese and other foreign loans and support which could be turned toward building up his army and threatening his competitors with forcible reunification. On the southern side, Lu Rong-ting, the Guangxi militarist, maneuvered to extend his power; Sun Yat-sen and his supporters in the navy had landed in Canton for yet another attempt at power; and in Fujian, Zhejiang, Sichuan, and elsewhere other warlords were on the outlook for the main chance. Reunification by mere coalition among these ambitious men was the dream of all, but, as all hoped to head the coalition and gain the lion’s share of its spoils, all such schemes were doomed.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Guangxi.
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Translations
Zhuang autonomous region in China
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Portuguese
Proper noun
Guangxi
- Guangxi (an autonomous region of China)
- Synonym: Quancim