Ilchi

From Uyghur ئىلچى (ilchi).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪlt͡ʃi/

Ilchi

1. A township in Hotan City, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang, China.
   • 2002 November, David Spencer Smith, “Khan Habibullah and His Tenga, and Some Numismatic Mysteries from Khotan”, in Numismatics International Bulletin‎, volume 37, number 11, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 331:

     Johnson mentioned that Ilchi lies only six miles from the edge of the Takla Makan desert, and he cites reports of 360 cities being buried in the shifting sands in 24 hours.

   • 2017 November 9, “China introduces revised Uyghur extremism list”, in Uyghur Human Rights Project‎, archived from the original on 12 January 2018:

     “There are many different signs of religious extremism,” a village secretary from Hotan city’s Ilchi township said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
     “[New guidelines say to look for] those who, when at prayer, stand with their legs wide apart and place their hands above their chest, and also those who dye their hair red.”
     In addition to existing warnings about against Uyghurs who grow long hair or beards,” the new guidelines advise authorities to be wary of “those who wear short trousers” and “those who wear a watch on their right wrist,” he said.

   • 2019 July 5, Paul Eckert, Ekrem Hezim, Mamatjan Juma, Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes, Kurban Niyaz, “10th Anniversary of Urumqi Unrest Brings Protests Over Internment Camps, Accountability Demands”, in Mamatjan Juma, transl., Radio Free Asia‎, archived from the original on July 6, 2019:

     A policeman in Hotan’s Ilchi township said families in his district have been interrogated in the days around July 5.
     “Our focal point is whether July 5 is on their memories and, if so, what kinds of memories do they have.”
     The police work of visiting families has in the past year “decreased a bit because all the key families in the watch list are in training,” he said.

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• (from Mandarin Chinese) Yiliqi

• Chili, chili, lichi