Lishi

Lishi

See also: líshì, lǐshī, lǐshì, lìshí, lìshǐ, and lìshì

English

Alternative forms

• (from Wade–Giles) Li-shih

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 離石／离石 (Líshí).

Proper noun

Lishi

1. A district of Lüliang, Shanxi, China.
   • 2016, Fang Wang, “Geo-Architecture Blending into Nature”, in Geo-Architecture and Landscape in China’s Geographic and Historic Context‎, volume 3, →ISBN, LCCN 2016932338, OCLC 933567894, OL 27976726M, page 133:

     Geomorphologic Features
     The Lüliang region is located in the western Shanxi Province. Geologist Professor Liu Dongsheng first identified the section drawing of the Lishi Loess in Wangjiagou, Lishi District, LüliangCity.

   • 2017 September 13, Su, Xinqi; Viola Zhou, “One of China’s ‘feminist five’ gender equality activists banned from leaving country for decade”, in South China Morning Post‎, archived from the original on 13 September 2017:

     Wu said she was determined to fight the decision. On September 6 she mailed documents for a lawsuit of the public security authorities in both Jiaocheng county and Luliang city to a local court in the Lishi district of Luliang.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Lishi.

Translations

district

Chinese: Mandarin: 離石／离石 (zh) (Líshí) Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• ilish