Wuwei

See also: wúwéi, wúwèi, and wǔwèi

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: wo͞oʹwāʹ

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 武威 (Wǔwēi).

Proper noun

Wuwei

1. A prefecture-level city in Gansu, China.
   • 1945 June, Walter C. Lowdermilk, “China Fights Erosion with U. S. Aid”, in National Geographic Magazine‎^[2], volume LXXXVII, number 6, Washington, D.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 663, column 2:

     Now this old-new part of China is having a boom. Building is going on apace in the cities of Wuwei, Changyeh, and Kiuchuan of the Corridor.

   • 2011 May 13, Keith Bradsher, “Bank Bombed in Heavily Tibetan Area of China”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 May 2011, Asia Pacific‎^[4]:

     At least 39 people were injured, six of them seriously, in a gasoline bomb explosion at a rural bank branch in a heavily Tibetan area of northwest China’s Gansu Province, a person at the local police station said by telephone, but there were no immediate signs that the attack was politically motivated.
     The bomb was detonated during a bank meeting on the fourth floor of the building in Wuwei City, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.

   • 2016, Bill Porter, The Silk Road: Taking the Bus to Pakistan‎^[5], Counterpoint, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 172:

     But halfway back, he learned that there had been a change in dynasties and decided he would be better off staying where he was. And so Lu Kuang set up his own Silk Road kingdom at Wuwei in the middle of the Kansu Corridor.

Translations

prefecture-level city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 武威 (zh) (Wǔwēi)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Wuwei”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3496, column 1
• Wuwei, Wu-wei at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 無為／无为 (Wúwéi).

Proper noun

Wuwei

1. A county-level city in Wuhu, Anhui, China
   • 2007 August 29, “Predictions off for global warming flood risk”, in Reuters‎^[7], archived from the original on 2023-07-01, Pictures:

     Two children walk on a flooded playground at a school in Wuwei county, east China's Anhui province August 28, 2007.

Translations

county-level city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無為／无为 (Wúwéi)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Wuwei”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[8], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3496, column 1
• Wuwei, Wu-wei at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.