Shanxi
See also: Shānxī and Shaanxi
English
Etymology 1
From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of Chinese 山西 (Shānxī, “[Land] West of the [Taihang] Mountains”), in reference to the location of the province's central Fen River valley.
Alternative forms
- (from Wade-Giles) Shan-hsi
- (Chinese Postal Map Romanization) Shansi
- (obsolete) Xansi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃɑnˈʃi/
Proper noun
Shanxi
- A province in the northern part of China. Capital: Taiyuan.
- [1738, A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary, Together with the Kingdoms of Korea, and Tibet, volume I, London, translation of original by J. B. Du Halde, OCLC 13628142, page 172:
- Shi-whang-ti having obſerv’d in viſiting his Empire that the Northern Provinces, eſpecially Pe-che-li, Shan-ſi, and Shen-ſi, were much expoſed to the ſudden Incurſions of the Tartars ; he fent a formidable Army, which having driven them back a great way beyond the Frontiers of the Empire, he immediately put in Execution the Scheme he had form'd to ſecure his Country againſt ſuch dangerous Neighbours, by building a Wall from the Sea to the Extremities of the Province of Shen-ſi.]
- 1975, Goldwasser, Janet; Stuart Dowty, “Agriculture: The Foundation”, in Huan-Ying: Worker's China, Monthly Review Press, →ISBN Invalid ISBN, LCCN 74-7790, OCLC 471721488, page 101:
- The Tachai Production Brigade is part of the Tachai Commune in Xiyang County, Shanxi Province, in Northern China. It’s tucked away in the Taihang Mountains, a bit over two hundred miles southwest of Peking, in an area with poor soil, serious erosion, and rock-strewn, mountainous terrain.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Shanxi.
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Translations
province of China
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See also
- Shaanxi
References
- “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China, Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, LCCN 79-42627, OCLC 781411242, pages 476, 483: “The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin, […] Shan-hsi (Shanxi) 山西”
Etymology 2
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 陝西／陕西 (Shǎnxī).
Proper noun
Shanxi
- (proscribed) Alternative form of Shaanxi.
- 1975, Goldwasser, Janet; Stuart Dowty, “Principles of Chinese Socialism”, in Huan-Ying: Worker's China, Monthly Review Press, →ISBN Invalid ISBN, LCCN 74-7790, OCLC 471721488, page 298:
- The "Yenan Period," 1935-1947, was the decisive decade of the Chinese Revolution.* […]
Liu Bao-zhei had helped create the Yenan spirit; he had joined the Eighth Route Army in 1937, leaving his home in Henan Province to fight the Japanese in the North. We met Liu on a state farm nestled in the Nanniwan Valley, near Yenan. His face, rough and creased, reflected many years of labor in the harsh climate of northern Shanxi Province. Liu wore a towel tied about his head in the traditional peasant fashion of the area.
- 1997, Donald J. Marion, The Chinese Filmography: The 2444 Feature Films Produced by Studios in the People's Republic of China from 1949 through 1995, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, LCCN 96-49551, OCLC 493528511, OL 1009518M, page 212:
- After the Red Army sets up headquarters at Yanan in north Shanxi province, he accepts a frontline post in repelling the Japanese invasion, and becomes commander of the New Fourth Army.
- 2002, “Cleaning the Yellow River”, in Xiu Yuezhen (修月祯), editor, 旅游英语教程 [Lü you ying yu jiao cheng], Beijing: Renmin University of China, →ISBN, OCLC 298608916, pages 256-257:
- Owing to soil erosion, some farmland has become totally barren. In Chenjiagedu Village, Fugu county, Shanxi Province, since all farmland was lost, the local people were obliged to travel several kilometers for fertile soil.
- 2003, Guangqiu Xu, Imperial China, 617-1644 (World Eras), volume 7, →ISBN, LCCN 2002007914, OCLC 1020890979, OL 11093338M, page 98:
- 634 ·The Palace of Great Clarity, an imperial resort including residential and official buildings, is constructed northwest of Chang’an in Shanxi Province.
636 ·The Zhaoling (Clarity Tomb) of Emperor Taizong is built in Liquan County, Shanxi Province. The tomb includes the well-known stone sculpture Six Horses of the Clarity Tomb.
- 2005, Fiona Fordyce, “Selenium Deficiency and Toxicity in the Environment”, in Essentials of Medical Geology: Impacts of the Natural Environment on Public Health, →ISBN, OCLC 856591264, OL 7328963M, page 400:
- In China, an outbreak of endemic human selenosis was reported in Enshi District, Hubei Province, and in Ziyang County, Shanxi Province, during the 1960s.
- 2008, James MacManus, Ocean Devil, Harper Perennial, →ISBN, OCLC 182663117, OL 22532988M, page 148:
- Production around the town of Ankang, a hundred miles south of Xian in Shanxi province, dropped by 25 per cent.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Shanxi.
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Usage notes
Because of homography with Shanxi (山西 (Shānxī), of 山 (shān) rather than 陝／陕 (shǎn)), this form is proscribed.