Minhou
Syllables: Min·hou
Minhou proper noun: a county of Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Proper noun
Minhou
- A county of Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
- This is shown in the typical case of some people in Min-hou county, Fukien, who had never had a theatre before and always used any appropriate place. They built a theatre themselves of old wooden material: Wen-hui pao (Shanghai), 5 Dec. 1957.1973, Colin Mackerras, “Notes”, in Amateur Theatre in China 1949-1966 (Contemporary China Papers), number 5, Canberra: Australian National University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 45
- We left Foochow after an early breakfast, and after half an hour on a boat ferry that took us from the city environs across the Min River and up a tributary, we landed in Minhou county, and took the highway that led across Yungtai county to Tehua.1975, Rewi Alley, “Some Fukien Pottery Kilns, Ancient and Modern”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XIV, number 3, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 26, column 2
Examples of Minhou in a sentence
- Minhou County, Fujian Province, expects to reap more than 5.5 million jin of rapeseed this spring, or 56 percent more than last year.1981 May 21 [1981 April 26], “Rapeseed Production”, in China Report: Agriculture, number 140, Foreign Broadcast Information Service...
- Wang, a one-time fan factory worker joined the police force in Minhou county in Fujian in 1979.2018 February 28, Ben Blanchard, Benjamin Kang Lim, Philip Wen, “Exclusive: Xi confidant set to become China's new spy master - sources”...
- Since 2015, Tang and his wife, Xing Zhen, have been living in a reclusive, mountainous part of Minhou county, in southeastern Fujian province, about two hours’ drive from the capital, Fuzhou.2019 November 16, Denise Hruby, “China’s new communes: self-sustainability in Fujian province”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC...
Forms of Minhou
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Origin of Minhou
From Mandarin 閩侯 /闽侯 (Mǐnhòu).
Questions about Minhou
- What does Minhou mean?
- Minhou means a county of Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
- How do you use Minhou in a sentence?
- Minhou County, Fujian Province, expects to reap more than 5.5 million jin of rapeseed this spring, or 56 percent more than last year.
- What part of speech is Minhou?
- Minhou is a proper noun.
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