Mizhi

See also: mízhī, mǐzhǐ, and mìzhī

English

Alternative forms

• Mi-chih, Michih (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 米脂 (Mǐzhī).

Proper noun

Mizhi

1. A county of Yulin, Shaanxi, China.
   • 2018 April 27, Javier C. Hernández, Iris Zhao, “Knife Attack at Chinese Middle School Leaves Seven Children Dead”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on April 27, 2018, Asia Pacific‎^[2]:

     Mizhi County, with a population of about 223,000, according to recent government figures, is a major cultural center in Shaanxi Province. It is said to be the birthplace of Diao Chan, a mythical figure who is known as one of the four legendary beauties of ancient China.

   • 2018 May 29, Se Young Lee, “China charges suspect in school stabbing that killed nine”, in Clarence Fernandez, editor, Reuters‎^[3], archived from the original on 08 May 2022, Emerging Markets‎^[4]:

     Zhao Zewei, 28, is accused of attacking 19 students near a middle school in Mizhi county in China’s northwestern province of Shaanxi on April 27, the agency said.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 米脂 (zh) (Mǐzhī)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Mizhi”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[5], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2007, column 1