Gutian
Syllables: Gu·tian
Gutian noun: a member of the Guti people.
Noun
Gutian (plural Gutians)
- A member of the Guti people.
Adjective
Gutian
- Of or relating to these people.
Proper noun (1)
Gutian
- The language of these people.
Proper noun (2)
Gutian
- A county of Ningde, Fujian, China.
- At Shuikou, on the border between Minqing and Gutian, on the mainstream of the Min Jiang, Fujian Province will build the largest hydroelectric power station in the East China region.1983 August 30 [1983 June 29], “Conditions Said Ripe to Begin Construction of Shuikou Hydropower Project”, in China Report, Economic Affairs, number 377, →OCLC, page 25
- Red ferment is one in which red mould grows on polished round rice, and is a specialty of the area round Gutian and Pingnan in Fujian province.2010, Zhengping (李争平) Li, translated by 译谷 [Shanghai Ego], 中国酒: 英文 [Chinese Wine: Universe in a Bottle], Beijing: China Intercontinental Press (五洲传播出版社), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 29
- Synonyms:
- Kucheng
- A town in Shanghang, Longyan, Fujian, China.
- Survivors of the peasant movement recall seeing Mao Zedong at Gutian, a day’s walk from the village, during the Gutian Conference in December 1929.1983, Victor Nee, “Post-Mao Changes in a South China Production Brigade”, in Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, editor, China from Mao to Deng: The Politics and Economics of Socialist Development...
- A place about thirteen miles west of Longyan called Gutian produced an unusual person. […] All visitors to western Fujian Province knew that an earth emperor was living in Gutian, and all were curious to meet him and to admire his style. Quite unexpectedly I had an opportunity to go to Gutian...2001, Xie Bingying, “A Traveling Life”, in Lily Chia Brissman, Barry Brissman, transl., A Woman Soldier's Own Story: The Autobiography of Xie Bingying, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN...
Examples of Gutian in a sentence
- [Bian Baoquan] denounces Wang Yuchang, district magistrate of Gutian, Fujian, for incompetency, cowardice and avarice, and possessing a decidedly bad reputation amongst his colleagues.2018 [1895 December 14], Lane J. Harris, The Peking Gazette: A Reader in Nineteenth-Century Chinese History, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, →OCLC...
- At Gutian, Mao made much of introducing a resolution to abolish the practice.2005, Jung Chang, Jon Halliday, Mao: The Unknown Story, New York: Anchor Books, →ISBN, page 73:
Synonyms of Gutian
- Kucheng
Forms of Gutian
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Gutians |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative Hanyu-Pinyin | Gǔtián |
| alternative Hanyu-Pinyin | Gu-Tian |
| alternative Hanyu-Pinyin | Gu-tian |
| alternative Hanyu-Pinyin | Gu Tian |
| alternative form | Ku-t'ien |
| alternative form | Kutien |
| alternative form | Ku-tien |
| alternative form | Ku-Tien |
| alternative form | Ku-T'ien |
| alternative form | Ku Tien |
| alternative form | Ku T'ien |
| alternative form | Kŭ-chèng |
| alternative form | Ku-cheng |
| alternative form | Ku-Cheng |
| alternative form | Ku Cheng |
| alternative form | Kucheng |
Origin of Gutian
From Guti + -an, from Sumerian 𒄖𒋾𒌝𒆠 (gu-ti-umᴷᴵ).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 古田 (Gǔtián).
Questions about Gutian
- What does Gutian mean?
- Gutian means a member of the Guti people.
- How do you use Gutian in a sentence?
- [Bian Baoquan] denounces Wang Yuchang, district magistrate of Gutian, Fujian, for incompetency, cowardice and avarice, and possessing a decidedly bad reputation amongst his colleagues.
- What part of speech is Gutian?
- Gutian can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of Gutian?
- The plural of Gutian is Gutians.
Words near Gutian in the dictionary
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