Fuqing

See also: fùqīng and Fúqīng

English

Alternative forms

• Fooching, Futsing (archaic)
• Fuching, Fu-ch'ing (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 福清 (Fúqīng).

Proper noun

Fuqing

1. A county-level city in Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
   • 2007 October 13, “China to build sea bridge to 5th-largest island”, in Reuters‎^[1], archived from the original on 15 June 2022, World News‎^[2]:

     The 1.1 billion yuan ($152 million) sea bridge will connect Pingtan Island, located in the Taiwan Strait, to Fuqing, a city on the main landmass of eastern Fujian Province, […]

   • 2012 October 1, Alex Frew McMillan, Eveline Danubrata, “Old Age in China Is a Fledgling Business Opportunity”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on October 02, 2012, Global Business‎^[4]:

     Yang Fengqin, an 87-year-old grandmother from the coastal city of Fuqing, in Fujian Province, has lived with one of her sons for 50 years and still heads to the market each day to buy ingredients for meals she cooks for him and a grandson.

   • 2021 January 30, “China’s first Hualong One nuclear reactor begins operations”, in AP News‎^[5], archived from the original on 30 January 2021‎^[6]:

     The reactor, located in the city of Fuqing city in China’s southeastern Fujian province, was designed to have a 60-year lifespan, with its core equipment domestically produced.

Synonyms

• (from Hokkien) Hokchia, Hockchia
• (from Eastern Min) Hokchiang

Translations

county-level city in Fujian

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 福清 (fuk¹ cing¹)

  Eastern Min: 福清 (Hók-chiăng)

  Hokkien: 福清 (Hok-chhiaⁿ)

  Mandarin: 福清 (zh) (Fúqīng)

• Hungarian: Fucsing (hu)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Fuqing”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[7], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1296, column 2