Zigui
Syllables: Zi·gui/ˌ(d)zɪˈɡweɪ/
Zigui proper noun: a county of Yichang, Hubei, China.
Proper noun
Zigui
- A county of Yichang, Hubei, China.
- At this point I left the Boat and walked with the Boat-Compradore and a Soldier-Escort up to the City of Kweichow in Hupeh. This walled city is situated half an hour's walk inland from the River.[1941, Emil S. Fischer, Travels in China 1894-1940, volume I, Tientsin: Tientsin Press, →OCLC, →OL, page 8
- Perhaps the most interesting stop was Zigui, a county seat where we docked for the second night of the cruise. A famous poet and statesman, Qu Yuan, committed suicide in about 288 B.C. by leaping into the river here. His suicide is commemmorated each spring with dragon boat races, held especially...1993 October 10, Nicholas D. Kristof, “A DIRECTORY OF CRUISES WORLDWIDE; The Yangtze's Gorges”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 May 2015, Travel
Examples of Zigui in a sentence
- Perhaps the most interesting stop was Zigui, a county seat where we docked for the second night of the cruise.1993 October 10, Nicholas D. Kristof, “A DIRECTORY OF CRUISES WORLDWIDE; The Yangtze's Gorges”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC...
- He visited the experimental rice paddy plot in Zigui County and watched a video titled “The Advantages of Developmental Population Resettlement.”1998, Li Boning, “Acknowledgments from "General Plan for Population Resettlements"”, in The River Dragon Has Come! The Three Gorges Dam and...
- By way of illustration, the Xintan landslide in Zigui County blocked the Yangzi River on two significant occasions in 1030 and 1542, obstructing navigation for 21 and 82 years respectively.2007, Raynor Shaw, Three Gorges of the Yangtze River: Chongqing to Wuhan, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 29:
Forms of Zigui
| alternative form | Tzekwei |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Tzukuei |
| alternative form | Tzu-kuei |
| alternative form | Tzŭ-kuei |
Origin of Zigui
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 秭歸 /秭归 (Zǐguī).
Questions about Zigui
- What does Zigui mean?
- Zigui means a county of Yichang, Hubei, China.
- How do you use Zigui in a sentence?
- Perhaps the most interesting stop was Zigui, a county seat where we docked for the second night of the cruise.
- What part of speech is Zigui?
- Zigui is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Zigui?
- Zigui is pronounced /ˌ(d)zɪˈɡweɪ/.
Words near Zigui in the dictionary
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