Atushi

See also: Ātúshí

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 阿圖什／阿图什 (Ātúshí).

Proper noun

Atushi

  1. Synonym of Artux: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
    • 2012, Pai, Hsiao-Hung, Scattered Sand: The Story of China's Rural Migrants‎, Verso Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 287:
      He had come to Urumqi from the town of Atushi, near the area bordering Kyrgyzstan, to study business management at Xinjiang University.
    • 2022 April 1, Hoshur, Shohret; Roseanne Gerin, “Chinese officials restrict the number of Uyghurs who can observe Ramadan”, in Mamatjan Juma; Alim Seytoff, transl., Radio Free Asia‎, archived from the original on 01 April 2022:
      Another administrator who oversees 10 families in the city of Atush (Atushi) in Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture said he received a notice about the fasting restriction from local authorities.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Atushi.

Translations
Artux — see Artux

References
  1. Shabad, Theodore (1972), “Index”, in China's Changing Map‎, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 345, 346: “Chinese place names are listed in three common spelling styles: […] (2) the Wade-Giles system, […] shown after the main entry […] (3) the Chinese Communists' own Pinyin romanization system, which also appears in parentheses […]
    Artush (A-t’u-shih, Atushi)”

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