Chuxiong

English

Alternative forms

• Ch'u-hsiung (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 楚雄 (Chǔxióng).

Pronunciation

• enPR: cho͞oʹshüngʹ

Proper noun

Chuxiong

1. An Yi autonomous prefecture in Yunnan, China.
   • 1983 January 6 [1983 January 5], Christopher S. Wren, “CHINA STILL FIGHTING AN OLD ABUSE: WOMEN FOR SALE”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015, Section A, page 2‎^[3]:

     Last March, an ideological worker in Yunnan's Chuxiong prefecture complained in a letter to the newspaper in Kunming that "some parents are greedy and sell their daughters as if they were commodities" and some married women abandoned their husbands and children "to seek ease and comfort and to get more money."

   • [2015, Bill Porter, “The Yi [彝族]”, in South of the Clouds: Travels in Southwest China‎^[4], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 185:

     The only time we stopped, other than for the occasional pee break, was for lunch in the town of Chuhsiung. Chuhsiung was in the heart of Yi country. The Yi made up the largest minority in Yunnan, with over three million members as of 1990. And their biggest concentration was in the mountains around Chuhsiung.]

Translations

Yi autonomous prefecture

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 楚雄 (zh) (Chǔxióng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: Sở Hùng

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Chuxiong”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[5], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 802, column 2