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Xiuyu

Syllables: Xiu·yu

Xiuyu proper noun: a district of Putian, Fujian, China.

Proper noun

Xiuyu

  1. A district of Putian, Fujian, China.
    • Since we mainly rely on shipping grain into southern Fujian by sea, we could construct modern docks and warehouses for grain at the ports of Xiamen, Jinzhou, Xiaocuo, and Putian Xiuyu, and organize a special shipping brigade to transport grain in, and to ship out cane sugar, fruits, aquatic...1987 February 3 [1986 July 5], Wang Zhiqin [3769 1807 0530] [王志勤], Wang Yang [3769 0111] [王仰], “The Crux of the Grain Problem in Fujian and How To Deal With It”, in China Report Economic Affairs...
    • Located at Xiuyu, Putian, to the north of Meizhou Bay, the designed capacity for Phase 1 is 2.6Mt pa, with two LNG tanks each with a capacity of 145 000m².2007, The Journal of Offshore Technology, volume 15, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2

Examples of Xiuyu in a sentence

  • At least 37 people died in the blaze at the Feida workshop in Putian's Xiuyu district, which broke out at 9.50pm on Sunday, and 19 others were seriously injured, Xinhua reported.2007 October 24, Raymond Li, “Dozens still missing in Fujian shoe factory fire”, in South China Morning Post, archived from the original on...
  • Sun Village now belongs to Wusheng Administrative Village (武盛村) in Daitou Township (埭头镇) of Xiuyu District (秀屿区).2017, 吴重庆 [Wu Chongqing], “Preface”, in 孙村的路：后革命时代的人鬼神 [The Path to Sun Village: Gods, Ghosts, and People in a Post-Revolutionary Society]...

Origin of Xiuyu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 秀嶼 /秀屿 (Xiùyǔ).

Questions about Xiuyu

What does Xiuyu mean?
Xiuyu means a district of Putian, Fujian, China.
How do you use Xiuyu in a sentence?
At least 37 people died in the blaze at the Feida workshop in Putian's Xiuyu district, which broke out at 9.50pm on Sunday, and 19 others were seriously injured, Xinhua reported.
What part of speech is Xiuyu?
Xiuyu is a proper noun.

Words near Xiuyu in the dictionary

  1. Xiushanian
  2. Xiushui
  3. Xiuwen
  4. Xiuwu
  5. Xiuying
  6. Xiuyu
  7. XIVth
  8. Xixia
  9. Xixiang
  10. Xixime
  11. Xiximes

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