Chung-hsiang

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 鍾祥 / 钟祥 (Zhōngxiáng) Wade–Giles romanization: Chung¹-hsiang².

Proper noun

Chung-hsiang

1. Alternative form of Zhongxiang
   • 1977, Chi Li, Anyang: A Chronicle of the Discovery, Excavation, and Reconstruction of the Ancient Capital of the Shang Dynasty‎^[1], published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 210:

     The author attended the first primary school established in his native district Chung-hsiang, Hupei, at the age of just over ten, when the old examination system was already abolished.

   • 1978, Henry S. Kaplan, Patricia Jones Tsuchitani, editors, Cancer in China‎^[2], New York: Alan R. Liss, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 42:

     They moved 360 miles to Chung-hsiang County, Hubei Province, where the frequency of esophageal cancer is low.

   • 1984, Ronald C. Egan, The Literary Works of Ou-yang Hsiu (1007-72)‎^[3], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 93:

     In 1036, shortly after arriving at Yi-ling, Ou-yang Hsiu sent a lengthy letter to his friend, Yin Shu, who had been demoted at the same time as Ou-yang Hsiu and sent to Ying-chou (modern Chung-hsiang, Hupeh).

Translations

Zhongxiang — see Zhongxiang

Further reading

• Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Chungsiang or Chung-hsiang”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 408, column 2