Fuxin

See also: fùxīn and fùxìn

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 阜新 (Fùxīn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fu.ʃɪn/

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Fuxin

  1. A prefecture-level city in Liaoning, China.
    • [1955, George B. Cressey, “Resources for Tomorrow”, in Land of the 500 Million: A Geography of China‎, McGraw-Hill Company, Inc., →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 135:
      Jehol has a one-million-ton mine at Peipiao and a new open-cut mine at Fuhsin with a five-million-ton capacity. Fuhsin is the site of a large thermal electric plant.]
    • 2016 December 1, Joyce Lau, “A Chinese Artist Consumed by the Idea of Inevitable Change”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 December 2016, Arts‎:
      Mr. Sun’s “Mythological Time” depicts his hometown, Fuxin in Liaoning, a frigid province wedged between North Korea and Inner Mongolia.

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  1. “China”, in The New Encyclopedia Britannica‎, 15th edition, volume 16, 1995, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 42, columns 1, 2: “Conventional/Wade-Giles Pinyin […] Fu-hsin.......Fuxin”

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