Xiapu

See also: Xiápǔ

English

霞浦站
Xiapu Railway Station

Alternative forms

(postal romanization) Siapu
(from Wade–Giles) Hsia-p'u, Hsiapu

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 霞浦 (Xiápǔ).

Proper noun

Xiapu

A county of Ningde, Fujian, China.
- [1889 August, “Foochow Mission. THE RELIGIOUS AWAKENING.”, in The Missionary Herald‎, volume LXXXV, number VIII, OCLC 416582686, page 329:
  Mr. Hubbard refers to the growth among the Christians at Sharp Peak. Three were received to the Hapuo church on May 12, and the chapel is opened every evening for preaching.
  (Note: Hapuo is the Min Dong-derived name for Xiapu.)]
- 1979, Daily Report: People's Republic of China‎, number 12-22, ISSN 0892-0141, OCLC 1113433:
  In order to receive the Taiwan fishermen compatriots, the Fujian Provincial Revolutionary Committee in early 1978 formally established these reception stations at the four fishing ports of Sansha in Xiapu [Hsiapu],[...]The Sansha reception station in Xiapu received 12 Taiwan fishing boats in 1978 and everytime helped repair the boats and engines, provided fuel and drinking water and purchased grain, meat, vegetables and other foods before they departed.
- 2008 July 18, “Weakened typhoon hits China after 6 die in Taiwan”, in Reuters‎, archived from the original on 07 April 2022:
  Tropical Storm Kalmaegi slammed into China’s southeastern coast on Friday, after killing six people in neighbouring Taiwan.
  The weakening storm made landfall in Xiapu county in Fujian province at 6:10 p.m. (1010 GMT), bringing winds of up to 90 kph the official Xinhua news agency said.
- 2018, “A9461 Associations between gene polymorphisms of the apelin–APJ system and the risk of hypertension”, in Journal of Hypertension‎, ISSN 0263-6352, OCLC 9766054:
  Inhabitants of four villages in Haidao, Xiapu County, and three villages of Tailu, Lianjiang County, in Fujian Province, China, were included in this cross-sectional study, between July and November 2011.
- 2019, Jiangyong Liu, The Diaoyu Islands: Facts and Legality‎, →ISBN, OCLC 1136263449, page 378:
  On July 15, they set sail for Fuzhou. However, they were struck by a storm on July 18 and floated to Sansha, Xiapu County in Fujian Province. There they got the help of local officials.

Translations

county in eastern China

Chinese:
Mandarin: 霞浦 (zh) (Xiápǔ)
Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

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