Maojian

See also: máojiān, Máojiàn, and màojiān

English

Alternative forms

• Mao-chien, maojian (Wade–Giles)

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 毛尖 (máojiān).

Noun

Maojian

1. A type of green tea.

Translations

tea

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 毛尖 (máojiān)

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Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 茅箭 (Máojiàn).

Proper noun

Maojian

1. A district of Shiyan, Hubei, China.
   • 1987 April 16 [1987 April 14], “Hubei Executes Official for Corruption, Bribery”, in Daily Report: China‎^[1], volume I, number 073, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Wuhan Hubei Provincial Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page P 3‎^[2]:

     Prior to his apprehension, the offender (Li Chaolin), was manager of the Marketing Department under Shiyan City's (Wuyan) motor car fittings plant and director of the (Maojian) District Office of Finance.

   • 1988 May 26 [1988 March 16], Shuzheng Mao, “'Guarding Against Others' and 'Guarding Against Oneself'”, in Red Flag‎^[3], number 6, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →OCLC, page 41:

     Li Chaolin [2621 6389 2651], deputy director of the economic committee of Maojian District in Shiyan City, Hubei Province, who was once a household name in the press, on television and on radio, was imprisoned for misappropriating public monies and goods valued at a total of over 60,000 yuan and for receiving as bribes high-quality consumer goods valued at over 20,000 yuan.

   • 2018 May 10, Christina Zhao, “Couple Reunited With Son 22 Years After He Was Abducted by Father's Co-worker”, in Newsweek‎^[4], archived from the original on May 10, 2018‎^[5]:

     In 1996, Li Mingzhao and Chen Zhen's 4-year-old son, known as Pengpeng, disappeared while he was at work with his father in the Maojian district in Shiyan, reported state-run CCTV.

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

Translations

district in central China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 茅箭 (zh) (Máojiàn)

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