Qichun

See also: Qíchūn

English

Alternative forms

• Kitsun (Postal Romanization)
• Kichun
• Ch'i-ch'un (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 蘄春／蕲春 (Qíchūn).

Proper noun

Qichun

1. A county of Huanggang, Hubei, China.
   • [1960, Chang Hui-chien, “Boyhood”, in Li Shih-chen— Great Pharmacologist of Ancient China‎^[1], Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 1:

     Chichow is the present seat of Chichow Township, now under the jurisdiction of Chichun County, in Hupeh Province.]

   • 2020 February 16, “New China coronavirus cases drop for third straight day”, in France 24‎^[2], archived from the original on 16 February 2020‎^[3]:

     On Sunday, a host of new reprimands were made against officials in the virus-hit province, including the deputy governor of Qichun county who "cut corners and worked around the centralised quarantine order," according to Hubei authorities.

Translations

county in central China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蘄春／蕲春 (zh) (Qíchūn)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Qichun, Ch'i-chun, Chi-chun, Chichun, Kichun, Kitsun at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Qichun”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2546, column 1

Anagrams

• quinch