Li-ch'uan
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Mandarin 利川 (Lìchuān) Wade-Giles romanization: Li⁴-chʻuan¹.
Proper noun
[edit]- Alternative form of Lichuan
- 1912 [1911 November 14], W. H. Wilkinson, “Consul-General Wilkinson to Sir J. Jordan”, in Further Correspondence Respecting the Affairs of China[1], Harrison and Sons, →OCLC, page 51:
- Recent letters show that Wushan and K'uei-fu, towns on the river below Wan Hsien, were still in the hands of the existing Government on the 8th instant, though Li-ch'uan, west of Shihnan-fu, in the extreme corner of Hupeh, was reported to be in the hands of the revolutionaries.
- 1976, Philip West, Yenching University and Sino-Western Relations, 1916-1952[2], Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 167:
- Hsü Pao-ch'ien was dismayed by the bickering and lack of commitment of the Christian students working with rural reconstruction in Li-ch'uan.
Translations
[edit]Lichuan — see Lichuan