Xiji
See also: xījì, xíjī, and xíjí
English
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 西吉.
Proper noun
Xiji
- A county of Guyuan, Ningxia, China.
- [1972, MacInnis, Donald E., “Religion and Feudalism”, in Religious Policy and Practice in Communist China: A Documentary History, →ISBN, OCLC 898782164, page 170:
- Huo Kui-hua, a Hui woman from Hsi-chi Hsien, accused Ma at the meeting and said that during the “April 2” revolt Ma Chen-wu’s bandit followers in Hsi-chi Hsien forced her father to join them. Because her father refused to comply, these bandits first cut off his legs and then burned him to death.]
- 2011 April 1, Wei, Annie, “Microbloggers bring rural students a free lunch”, in Beijing Today, OCLC 958634538, page 3, column 2:
- In Xiji County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, boarding school students ate nothing but potato noodles. They were found to have vitamin C, calcium and iron deficiencies.
- 2014 January 5, Standing, Jonathan, “Stampede at China religious event kills 14: state media”, in Michael Perry, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 21 July 2022, Emerging Markets:
- A monitor shows the vital signs of a victim who was injured during a stampede at a mosque, in a hospital in Xiji county of Guyuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region January 5, 2014 in this picture released by Chinese official Xinhua News Agency.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Xiji.
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Translations
county
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