Qishan
Syllables: Qi·shan
Qishan proper noun: synonym of Mount Qi, A mountain in Baoji, Shaanxi, China. Also the alternative spelling of Cishan.
Proper noun
Qishan
- Synonym of Mount Qi, A mountain in Baoji, Shaanxi, China.
- Synonym of Zongzhou, former capital of the Zhou, now An archaeological site in Baoji, Shaanxi, China.
- A county of Baoji, Shaanxi, China.
- In one village in Chi-shan county . . . the village chief bought his son a wife with money be got by selling a cow and two huts.[1965 [1959], C. K. Yang, Chinese Communist Society: The Family and The Village, The M.I.T. Press, →OCLC, page 211
- In 1977 a large body of fragments of Chou dynasty oracle bone inscriptions was discovered at Chi-shan county in Shensi province.[1985, Benjamin I. Schwartz, The World of Thought in Ancient China, Belknap Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 424-425
Also used as
Qishan is also the alternative spelling of Cishan.
Examples of Qishan in a sentence
- Throughout Chinese history, Qishan county in Shaanxi province has been known as the ancestral homeland of the Zhou 周 people.2004, Edward L. Shaughnessy, “Western Zhou Hoard and Family Histories in the Zhouyuan”, in Xiaoneng Yang, editor, New Perspectives on...
- A quilt factory in Shaanxi's Qishan county was caught using juvenile workers who were forced to work 12 hours a day without pay for nearly six months.2007 July 8, “Unpaid boys working in harsh conditions at Shaanxi factory”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
Synonyms of Qishan
Forms of Qishan
| alternative form | Kishan |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Chishan |
| alternative form | Chi-shan |
| alternative form | Ch'i-shan |
Origin of Qishan
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 岐山 (Qíshān).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 旗山 (Qíshān).
Words that rhyme with Qishan
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- clan
- ban
- Cheyenne
- Longshan
- Nanshan
- plan
- an
- gan
- Gushan
- han
- Hongshan
- mann
- nan
- stan
- tan
- unman
- Baoshan
- Dongshan
- flan
- Heshan
- Jinshan
- langshan
- marzipan
- panne
- ran
- rattan
- bantustan
- began
- chan
- Fengshan
- Fran
- Guanshan
- Hengshan
- Huangshan
- Huishan
- japan
- Lausanne
- Lianshan
- Lushan
- Marianne
- Pingshan
- scran
- sedan
- shan
- than
- trapan
- trepan
- Xi'an
Questions about Qishan
- What does Qishan mean?
- Qishan means synonym of Mount Qi, A mountain in Baoji, Shaanxi, China.
- How do you use Qishan in a sentence?
- Throughout Chinese history, Qishan county in Shaanxi province has been known as the ancestral homeland of the Zhou 周 people.
- What part of speech is Qishan?
- Qishan is a proper noun.
Words near Qishan in the dictionary
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