Qinshui

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 沁水.

Proper noun

Qinshui

1. A county of Jincheng, Shanxi, China.
   • [1959, Ting Yi, “Literature in the Liberated Areas of the Path of Socialist Realism”, in A Short History of Modern Chinese Literature‎^[1], Kennikat Press, published 1970, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 254:

     Chao Shu-li was a native of Chinshui County, Shansi Province.]

   • [1965 August 3 [1965 July 19], “Not Only for 'Pocket Money'”, in Daily Report: Foreign Radio Broadcasts, volume I, number 148, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA Domestic Service, translation of original in Chinese, →OCLC, Communist China: National Affairs, page CCC 1:

     The PEOPLE'S DAILY today frontpages a report introducing the experience of Chinshui county, Shansi, in developing diversified economy. […]
     Chinshui county is a hilly region with favorable conditions for developing a diversified economy.]

   • [1976, “A Cave with Two Entrances”, in Sidney L. Greenblatt, editor, The People of Taihang‎^[2], White Plains, NY: International Arts and Sciences Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 84:

     Li Shih-chün had connections with the judicial section of the puppet hsien government in Ch'in-shui. A few days later, the judicial section of the hsien government dispatched a runner to Wang-chai Village to summon Hsü Yin-yüan to appear before the court in Ch’in-shui.]

   • 2008 April 21, Eric Ng, “China Leason budgets 200m yuan to expand gas liquefaction”, in South China Morning Post‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 August 2023‎^[4]:

     First-phase liquefaction and storage facilities are in Qinshui county, Shanxi province while the second phase is in nearby Yangcheng county.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沁水 (zh)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Qinshui, Ch'in-shui, Chin-shui, Chinshui at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Qinshui”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[5], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2547, column 2