Hsiushan

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 秀山 (Xiùshān), Wade–Giles romanization: Hsiu⁴-shan¹.

Proper noun

Hsiushan

1. Alternative form of Xiushan
   • 1973, Rewi Alley, “Some Hunan Journeys”, in 中国见闻 [Travels in China, 1966-71]‎^[1], Peking: New World Press, →OCLC, page 27:

     The price of deforestation over the centuries is that floodwater comes up so high at times that low bridges are liable to be washed away. On the Szechuan side, it is Hsiushan county. On the Kweichow side, the Sungtao Miao Autonomous County.

   • 1977, Yin Ming [尹明], “A Big Fraternal Co-operative Family”, in United and Equal — The Progress of China's Minority Nationalities [中国少数民族在前进]‎^[2], 1st edition, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, pages 20-21:

     The various nationalities living on the border of the three provinces decided, after consultation, to present this fertile piece of land to the Han peasants of the Hungan Production Brigade of the Red Flag People’s Commune, Hsiushan County, Szechuan Province, who opened it up and turned it into an experimental farm for fine cotton seed. […]
     Construction had to be finished before the river flooded, but the transport of materials lagged. Hearing this, the Red Flag Commune in Hsiushan County promptly and voluntarily brought a team of draught animals and two tractors to the worksite, ensuring completion ahead of schedule.

   • 1978 March 16 [1978 February 25], “SZECHWAN LIGHT INDUSTRY”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China‎^[3], volume I, number 52, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA Domestic Service, translation of original in Chinese, →OCLC, page J 3‎^[4]:

     In 1977 the province's light industrial output topped that of the previous year by 12.5 percent, setting an all-time record. Commune members in Hsiushan County found a special kind of stone which turned out to be the raw material for making manganese dioxide used in dry cells.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Hsiushan.