Chuxiong

English

Alternative forms

• Ch'u-hsiung, Chuhsiung (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 楚雄 (Chǔxióng).

Pronunciation

• enPR: cho͞oʹshüngʹ

Proper noun

Chuxiong

1. An Yi autonomous prefecture in Yunnan, China.
   • 1983 January 6 [1983 January 5], Christopher S. Wren, “CHINA STILL FIGHTING AN OLD ABUSE: WOMEN FOR SALE”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015, Section A, page 2‎^[3]:

     Last March, an ideological worker in Yunnan's Chuxiong prefecture complained in a letter to the newspaper in Kunming that "some parents are greedy and sell their daughters as if they were commodities" and some married women abandoned their husbands and children "to seek ease and comfort and to get more money."

Translations

Yi autonomous prefecture

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 楚雄 (zh) (Chǔxióng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: Sở Hùng

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Chuxiong”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 802, column 2