Nanri

English

Alternative forms

• Nan-jih (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 南日 (Nánrì).

Proper noun

Nanri

1. A town in Xiuyu district, Putian, Fujian, China.
   • [1964 October 16 [1964 October 15], “Foreign Ministry Issues 330th Serious Warning”, in Daily Report: Foreign Radio Broadcasts, number 203, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA International Service, →OCLC, Communist China: International Affairs, page BBB 16:

     A U.S. warship twice intruded into China's territorial waters south of Tsungwu and Nanjih Island in Fukien Province between 1733 and 2110 hours yesterday and between 2309 hours yesterday and 0431 hours today.]

   • [1971, “Armed Forces Reorganization and National Recovery”, in Wen Ha-hsiung, transl., A Brief History of the Chinese National Revolutionary Forces‎^[1], 2nd edition, Taipei: Chung Wu Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 265:

     Among them, the raid against Nanjih and Tungshan were the largest in size and the lessons and experiences gained the greatest. […]
     4,500 Government troops sailed successively from Kinmen for Nanjih on 10 Oct., 1952. Due to heavy sea, the ships were not moored until 0630, 11 October.]

   • 1982, Bruce Swanson, Eighth Voyage of the Dragon: A History of China's Quest for Seapower‎^[2], Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 186:

     The Nationalists also carried out guerrilla raids against Communist-held islands. For example, on 11 October 1952 five thousand Nationalist regulars and guerrillas raided Nanri Island, off the southern coast of Fujian.

   • 2019 February 26, “Traditional custom "Chonghai" of Nanri Island in SE China's Fujian”, in China Internet Information Center‎^[3], archived from the original on 28 April 2019‎^[4]:

     Fishermen carry a sedan chair and rush to the sea at Nanri Island in Putian, southeast China's Fujian Province, Feb. 22, 2019. This traditional custom named "Chonghai" represents the wishes about the safety of fishermen on the sea and a good harvest in fishing.

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

Translations

town in Xiuyu, Putian, Fujian, China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 南日 (Nánrì)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• Nairn, ran in