Wuzhi

See also: wùzhí, wùzhì, and wúzhī

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 武陟 (Wǔzhì).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌwuːˈd͡ʒiː/

Proper noun

Wuzhi

  1. A county of Jiaozuo, Henan, China.
    • 2001, Randall A. Dodgen, “Confucian Engineers”, in Controlling the Dragon: Confucian Engineers and the Yellow River in the Late Imperial China (Chinese history), Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 43:
      Li Yumei apprenticed for the post of governor-general of the Henan conservancy by serving in a wide range of bureaucratic positions in the Yellow River region. A bagong of 1801, his first appointment was as magistrate of Wuzhi County in Henan. The remainder of his career was spent almost entirely along the river in Henan and Shandong, a fact that gave Li familiarity with both the gentry and the geography of the region.
    • 2002, Du Runsheng, Chinese Economists on Economic Reform - Collected Works of Du Runsheng (Chinese Studies / Economics), Routledge, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 43:
      In Wuzhi County in Henan Province, the supply and marketing cooperatives purchased fallen apples in time for processing. As a result, hundreds of thousands of kilograms of apples did not go to waste, and there are many other examples.

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