Dingxi

• (from Wade–Giles) Ting-hsi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 定西 (Dìngxī).

Dingxi

1. A prefecture-level city in Gansu, China.
   • [1978 November 7, Ho, Tung-chung, “Why Can't the Hsianghsiang Experience Be Implemented in the Chinghui Irrigtion Area?”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China‎, volume I, number 216, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page N 2:

     In 1973 the esteemed and beloved Premier Chou assigned a mumber of leading comrades of departments concerned under the State Council to investigate the drought situation and help solve difficulties in Tinghsi Prefecture.]

   • [1982, Dreyer, Edward L., “Hung-wu: The Period of Consolidation, 1368-1380”, in Early Ming China: A Political History, 1355-1435‎, Stanford, Cali.: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 72:

     On 3 May Hsü Ta’s army made contact with Kökö Temür’s forces near Tinghsi in Kansu.]

   • 1999, The China Human Development Report‎, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 84:

     For instance, in the arid Dingxi region of Gansu, deforestation forced the local population to tear up the sod to use as fuel, thus further reducing the already inadequate carrying capacity of the land and exacerbating the region’s serious poverty.

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Dingxi”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 1, 2nd edition, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1022, column 3