Qingyuan
See also: qíngyuàn, qǐngyuàn, and Qīngyuǎn
English
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) Ch'ing-yüan
Etymology 1
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 清苑 (Qīngyuàn).
Proper noun
Qingyuan
- A district of Baoding, Hebei, China.
- [1967, Levy, Howard S., “Introductory Remarks”, in Chinese Footbinding: The History of a Curious Erotic Custom, New York: Bell Publishing Company, LCCN 65-28030, OCLC 3593013, pages 30, 301:
- The same point of view was expounded in a folk ditty of Hopei Province: "Bound feet, bound feet, past the gate can't retreat."⁶
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Translations
district
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Etymology 2
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 清遠／清远 (Qīngyuǎn).
Proper noun
Qingyuan
- A prefecture-level city in Guangdong, China.
- [1960, Hsiao, Kung-chuan, Rural China: Imperial Control in the Nineteenth Century, University of Washington Press, published 1967, LCCN 60-15803, OCLC 797696103, OL 19475457M, page 655:
- Lt. Col. G. B. Fisher, Three Years' Service in China (1863), p. 57, gives the following conversation between the emperor and the provincial judge of Kwangtung, referring to the campaign against rebels in Ch’ing-yüan Hsien (Kwangtung): "Question. Which are foremost in action, the regulars or the braves ? Answer. The braves, in general. . . .]
- 2020 March 24, Goh, Brenda, “Locked-down no longer, China's Hubei begins return to normal”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 28 April 2022, World News:
- “I booked my ticket this morning after hearing the news,” said Chen Ting, who was accompanied by her three-year-old son among about 40 people getting off a train in Hubei’s Xianning city.
The 28-year-old had travelled from Qingyuan city in the southern province of Guangdong, where she runs a wholesale business.
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Translations
prefecture-level city in Guangdong
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