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Maojian

Syllables: Mao·jian

Maojian noun: a type of green tea.

Noun

Maojian

  1. A type of green tea.

Proper noun

Maojian

  1. A district of Shiyan, Hubei, China.
    • Prior to his apprehension, the offender (Li Chaolin), was manager of the Marketing Department under Shiyan City's (Wuyan) motor car fittings plant and director of the (Maojian) District Office of Finance.1987 April 16 [1987 April 14], “Hubei Executes Official for Corruption, Bribery”, in Daily Report: China, volume I, number 073, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Wuhan Hubei...
    • Li Chaolin [2621 6389 2651], deputy director of the economic committee of Maojian District in Shiyan City, Hubei Province, who was once a household name in the press, on television and on radio, was imprisoned for misappropriating public monies and goods valued at a total of over 60,000 yuan and...1988 May 26 [1988 March 16], Mao Shuzheng, “'Guarding Against Others' and 'Guarding Against Oneself'”, in Red Flag, number 6, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Beijing HONGQI [RED...

Forms of Maojian

alternative formMao-chien
alternative formmaojian

Origin of Maojian

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 毛尖 (máojiān).

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 茅箭 (Máojiàn).

Questions about Maojian

What does Maojian mean?
Maojian means a type of green tea.
What part of speech is Maojian?
Maojian can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near Maojian in the dictionary

  1. Maoization
  2. Maoize
  3. Maoized
  4. Maoizes
  5. Maoizing
  6. Maojian
  7. maoli
  8. Maolin
  9. maolis
  10. maomao
  11. maomaos

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