Qingchuan
Syllables: Qing·chuan
Qingchuan proper noun: a county of Guangyuan, Sichuan, China.
Proper noun (1)
Qingchuan
- A county of Guangyuan, Sichuan, China.
- It was not clear whether other cities in the quake zone, including Qingchuan, would make similar announcements. A woman answering phones at the Sichuan provincial family planning office said officials were studying the issue.2008 May 26, “Some areas in China to relax one-child policy for quake victims”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2020, Asia Pacific
- Since a magnitude eight earthquake struck Qingchuan county, Sichuan, five years ago, killing more than 80,000, a Hong Kong education expert has been working on a reconstruction of a different kind.2013 May 27, Cynthia Chan, “Giving teachers in disaster zones spiritual training”, in South China Morning Post, archived from the original on 10 Jun 2013, Family & Relationships
Proper noun (2)
Qingchuan
- Synonym of Chongchon: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
- That year when he came to Korea, he was already thirty-one years old. Once while carrying out an emergency repair of a bridge, he volunteered to climb barehanded up a seventeen meter high isolated steel beam. He did so and brought down some materials. In addition, he paid no heed to danger during...1989 April 4 [1987 August], Dezhi Yang, “Regulations”, in Leo Kanner Associates, transl., For Peace [Weile Heping], Foreign Technology Division, →OCLC, page 113
- Goguryeo's General Euljimundeok allowed the Sui army to approach Pyeong'yang, but launched a protracted war of defending the castle. The Sui army, suffering from exhaustion and shortage of supplies, finally retreated. The retreating Sui army suffered a crushing defeat at Sashui (薩水, old name of...2006 [2003], Jae-eun Kang, “Confucianism in the Three Kingdoms Period”, in Suzanne Lee, transl., The Land of Scholars: Two Thousand Years of Korean Confucianism, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 40
- Synonyms:
- Chongchon
Examples of Qingchuan in a sentence
- Qingchuan is one of Sichuan’s poorest counties.2017, Christian P. Sorace, “The Ideological Pursuit of Ecology”, in Shaken Authority: China's Communist Party and the 2008 Sichuan...
- To everyone's sorrow, on May 15th, 1952, our hero, while repairing the Qingchuan River Bridge, was gloriously martyred.1989 April 4 [1987 August], Dezhi Yang, “Regulations”, in Leo Kanner Associates, transl., For Peace [Weile Heping], Foreign Technology...
- The retreating Sui army suffered a crushing defeat at Sashui (薩水, old name of Qingchuan River, 淸川江), where it was surrounded and attached; only 2,700 Sui soldiers escaped.2006 [2003], Jae-eun Kang, “Confucianism in the Three Kingdoms Period”, in Suzanne Lee, transl., The Land of Scholars: Two Thousand Years...
- It ended in the east in the eastern frontier of Liaodong Town, i.e., the Qingchuan River drainage area of today’s DPRK.2008 September, Yaohui [董耀会] Dong, “To review the historical evolution of the Great Wall [步入长城的历史脉络]”, in 王静 [Wang Jing], transl....
Synonyms of Qingchuan
Forms of Qingchuan
| alternative form | Chingchuan |
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Origin of Qingchuan
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 青川 (Qīngchuān).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 清川江 (Qīngchuānjiāng).
Questions about Qingchuan
- What does Qingchuan mean?
- Qingchuan means a county of Guangyuan, Sichuan, China.
- How do you use Qingchuan in a sentence?
- Qingchuan is one of Sichuan’s poorest counties.
- What part of speech is Qingchuan?
- Qingchuan is a proper noun.
Words near Qingchuan in the dictionary
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