Shihezi

Shihezi

See also: Shíhézǐ

English

Alternative forms

• (from Wade–Giles) Shih-ho-tzu

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 石河子 (Shíhézǐ, literally “stone river”).

Proper noun

Shihezi

1. A county-level city in northern Xinjiang, China.
   • 2007, Millward, James A., Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang‎, London: Hurst & Company, published 2021, →ISBN, OCLC 1233311830, page 366:

     But most Bingtuan new cities were like Shihezi: company towns populated mainly by Han and independent of the Xinjiang authorities, answering only to the Party.

Translations

city in Xinjiang, China

Chinese: Mandarin: 石河子 (zh) (Shíhézǐ) Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Uyghur: شىخەنزە‎ (shixenze)

References

1. Shabad, Theodore (1972), “Index”, in China's Changing Map‎, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, LCCN 71-178868, OCLC 482667885, pages 345, 362:

   Chinese place names are listed in three common spelling styles: […] (1) the Post Office system, […] (2) the Wade-Giles system, […] shown after the main entry […] (3) the Chinese Communists' own Pinyin romanization system, which also appears in parentheses […] Shihhotze (Shih-ho-tzu, Shihezi)