Xiangshui
See also: xiāngshuǐ
English
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) Hsiang-shui
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 响水 (Xiǎngshuǐ).
Proper noun
Xiangshui
- A county of Yancheng, Jiangsu, China.
- [1971, Summary of World Broadcasts: The Far East, British Broadcasting Corporation, →OCLC, page A-4:
- Kiangsu Leading members of the Hsiangshui County CCP Committee have linked the study and application of Marxism-Leninism-Mao Tsetung thought with invest- […]]
- 1996, White, Gordon; Howell, Jude; Shang, Xiaoyuan, “Urban Women and the Women's Federation”, in In Search of Civil Society: Market Reform and Social Change in Contemporary China, Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 79:
- In many rural areas of China women cadres have virtually disappeared. For example in Xiangshui County in Jiangsu Province, the number of women serving as secretaries/ deputy secretaries or heads/deputy heads of basic level collective organizations fell from 93 in late 1979 to 12 in 1990 (Zhang Yaofang 1993).
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- A town in Xiangshui, Yancheng, Jiangsu, China.
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