Fuxin

See also: fùxīn and fùxìn

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 阜新 (Fùxīn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fu.ʃɪn/

Proper noun

Fuxin

1. A prefecture-level city in Liaoning, China.
   • [1955, George B. Cressey, “Resources for Tomorrow”, in Land of the 500 Million: A Geography of China‎^[2], McGraw-Hill Company, Inc., →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 135:

     Jehol has a one-million-ton mine at Peipiao and a new open-cut mine at Fuhsin with a five-million-ton capacity. Fuhsin is the site of a large thermal electric plant.]

   • 2013 July 17, Stephen Chen, “Four people die after highway bridge collapses in Fuxin, Liaoning”, in South China Morning Post‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on May 31, 2024, China:

     Four people were killed when a highway bridge collapsed yesterday in Fuxin, Liaoning, and an expert said the high frequency of bridge mishaps this summer was abnormal.

   • 2016 December 1, Joyce Lau, “A Chinese Artist Consumed by the Idea of Inevitable Change”, in The New York Times‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 December 2016, Arts‎^[5]:

     Mr. Sun’s “Mythological Time” depicts his hometown, Fuxin in Liaoning, a frigid province wedged between North Korea and Inner Mongolia.

Synonyms

• Fou-hsin

Translations

prefecture-level city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阜新 (zh) (Fùxīn)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Fuxin”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1298, column 2
• “Fuxin, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Fuxin”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Fuxin”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Fuxin” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

Anagrams

• Xinfu, unfix