Qindu

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 秦都.

Proper noun

Qindu

1. A district of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.
   • 1990 October 23, Lena H. Sun, “CHINA SEEKS WAYS TO PROTECT ELDERLY”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 August 2023‎^[2]:

     A case in point is the village of Tiezu, or Iron Mouth in English, located in Qindu county on the outskirts of Xianyang, a former ancient capital of China in central Shaanxi province.
     Starting this year, newlyweds in Qindu district have been required to sign contracts pledging to support their parents after age 60.

   • 1996, Lena H. Sun, “China Seeks Ways to Protect Elderly; Support Agreements Replacing Traditional Respect for the Aged”, in Ourselves and Others: The Washington Post Sociology Companion‎^[3], 2nd edition, Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 131:

     To help protect the rights of the elderly, particularly in rural areas, some localities have begun requiring contracts of support between elderly parents and their children. A case in point is the village of Tiezu, or Iron Mouth in English, located in Qindu county on the outskirts of Xianyang, a former ancient capital of China in central Shaanxi province.
     Starting this year, newlyweds in Qindu district have been required to sign contracts pledging to support their parents after age 60.

   • 2006 July 23, “Shaanxi official's corruption case is the tip of iceberg”, in South China Morning Post‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on February 08, 2024‎^[5]:

     Before being appointed Shangzhou party chief in 2000, Zhang served as the city's mayor between 1999 and 2000, and Qindu district party head between 1997 and 1999.

   • 2017 October 16, “BRIEF-Rongan Property unit and real estate development firm to jointly develop land in Xianyang”, in Reuters‎^[6], archived from the original on 04 September 2022, Financials‎^[7]:

     Rongan Property Co Ltd
     * Says co’s wholly owned management consulting unit and a Shaanxi-based real estate development firm will jointly develop land in Qindu District, Xianyang City

   • 2023 August 24, Jiang Wu, Shenshan Han, Leijie Shi, Qun Hui, “Study on the spatial variability of thermal landscape in Xi’an based on OSM road network and POI data”, in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution‎^[8], volume 11, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on November 27, 2024‎^[9]:

     The study area of this paper covers the main urban area of Xi’an, which is mainly the area within the Xi’an Ring Expressway, including seven districts within Xi’an (Xincheng District, Beilin District, Lianhu District, Weiyang District, Yanta District, Baqiao District and Chang’an District) as well as a small part of Qindu District in Xianyang City, with a total area of about 457km².

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 秦都 (zh)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can