Shiuhing
Shiuhing proper noun: synonym of Zhaoqing: the Cantonese-derived name.
Proper noun
Shiuhing
- Synonym of Zhaoqing: the Cantonese-derived name.
- The Viceroy (Tsung-tu or Chih-tai) of the two provinces of Kwangtung and Kwangsi had his official residence in those days at Shiuhing, some fifty miles up-river from Canton, but was often at Canton at critical times. He was supreme in civil matters with in his jurisdiction, except for the...1909, Hosea Ballou Morse, The Gilds of China: With an Account of the Gild Merchant Or Co-hong of Canton, Longhams, Green and Co., →OCLC, →OL, pages 71–72
- I could sleep that night at the Mission and leave (if in luck) very early the next morning, or I could take the "great steamer" from Wuchow, due to stop that night at eleven o'clock at Shiuhing on its way through to Hongkong. This latter arrangement seemed easy, especially when I learned that at...1919, James A. Walsh, Observations in the Orient: The Account of a Journey to Catholic Mission Fields in Japan, Korea, Manchuria, China, Indo-China, and the Philippines, Catholic Foreign Mission...
- Synonyms:
- Zhaoqing
Examples of Shiuhing in a sentence
- The fame of his knowledge of the sciences had reached the mainland, and sometime in 1583 a messenger from the Governor of Kwangtung, Wan P'an, came to Macao inviting Ricci and Ruggieri to Shiuhing.1957, Jerome D'Souza, “Giants of Asia”, in Thomas J. M. Burke, editor, Beyond All Horizons: Jesuits and the Missions, Garden City, New...
- For in fact, a month after his fleeting sojourn in Shiuhing had begun, Ruggieri sent his companion Mendes back to Macao to report on the mission's happy beginnings.1995 [1991], Jean Lacouture, translated by Jeremy Leggatt, Jésuites: Une Multibiographie [Jesuits: A Multibiography], Washington, D.C....
Synonyms of Shiuhing
Origin of Shiuhing
From the Postal Romanization borrowed from Cantonese 肇慶 (siu6 hing3).
Questions about Shiuhing
- What does Shiuhing mean?
- Shiuhing means synonym of Zhaoqing: the Cantonese-derived name.
- How do you use Shiuhing in a sentence?
- The fame of his knowledge of the sciences had reached the mainland, and sometime in 1583 a messenger from the Governor of Kwangtung, Wan P'an, came to Macao inviting Ricci and Ruggieri to Shiuhing.
- What part of speech is Shiuhing?
- Shiuhing is a proper noun.
Words near Shiuhing in the dictionary
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