Mianchi
Syllables: Mian·chi
Mianchi proper noun: a county of Sanmenxia, Henan, China.
Proper noun
Mianchi
- A county of Sanmenxia, Henan, China.
- But in 1920 Andersson discovered in Mien-ch’ih Hsien, western Honan, in the heart of Chinese civilization, a Stone Age site near Yang-shao-ts’un, which was to be followed by his discovery of another Painted Pottery site at the cave of Sha-kuo-t’un in Liaoning in 1922 and many other Painted Pottery...[1968, Kwang-chih Chang, “Introduction”, in The Archaeology of Ancient China, Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 5
- Both these sites are also identified as belonging to the Yangshao culture, similar remains having first been discovered at Yangshao Village in Mianchi County, Henan Province.1991 [1987], Zongxu Zou, translated by Susan Whitfield, The Land Within the Passes: A History of Xian, Viking, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 41
Forms of Mianchi
| alternative form | Mien-ch'ih |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Mienchih |
Origin of Mianchi
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 澠池 /渑池 (Miǎnchí).
Questions about Mianchi
- What does Mianchi mean?
- Mianchi means a county of Sanmenxia, Henan, China.
- What part of speech is Mianchi?
- Mianchi is a proper noun.
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