Zhongmu

See also: Zhōngmù

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 中牟 (Zhōngmù).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒɔŋ.mu/

Proper noun

Zhongmu

  1. A county of Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
    • [1966 [1954], Mao, Tse-tung, On Protracted War, 3rd edition, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, published 1967, →OCLC, page 115:
      Kuantu was in the northeast of the present Chungmou County, Honan Province, and the scene of the battle between the armies of Tsao Tsao and Yuan Shao in A.D. 200.]
    • 2004, Li, Charles Xingzhong, “Cao Cao”, in Christina A. Salowey, editor, The Ancient World, Prehistory-476 C.E. (Great Lives from History), volume I, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 183:
      Cao Cao’s army, one fifth the size of Yuan Shao’s, resisted the enemy at Guandu (Kuantu, now the northwest of Zhongmu County, Henan Province).
    • 2023 January 6, Pierson, David; Joy Dong; Claire Fu; Olivia Wang; Qilai Shen, “China’s Covid Surge Threatens Villages as Lunar New Year Approaches”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-01-06:
      A local community health center in the county of Zhongmu in Henan, on Thursday. Such rural facilities are the first line of defense in a triage system to prevent overcrowding of county hospitals, but many are under pressure.

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