Jixi
English
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) Chi-hsi
Etymology 1
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 雞西／鸡西 (Jīxī).
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Jixi
- A prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang, China.
- [1967, “The Wuhan Revolt and After”, in The Cultural Revolution in China: Its Origins and Course (Keesing's Research Report), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, LCCN 68-9810, OCLC 881270056, page 50:
- Heilungkiang. The commander of the garrison of Chihsi was reported to have ordered an armed attack on a Red Guard rally on May 14, a number of Red Guards being wounded and 1,000 arrested, whilst 11 people were reported on June 12 to have been killed in fighting between 20,000 Maoists and anti-Maoists at Kiamusze.]
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Further reading
- Jixi in Encyclopædia Britannica
- “Jixi, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- Jixi at OneLook Dictionary Search
Etymology 2
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 績溪／绩溪 (Jìxī).
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