Lufeng

See also: lùfēng and Lùfēng

English

Alternative forms

• (from Wade–Giles) Lu-feng

Pronunciation

• enPR: lo͞oʹfǔngʹ

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 陸豐／陆丰 (Lùfēng).

Proper noun

Lufeng

1. A county-level city in Shanwei, Guangdong, China
   • 1978 November 24 [1978 November 23], “Kwangtung Holds Rally to Mark Anniversary of Soviet Regime”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China‎^[2], volume I, number 227, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Canton Kwangtung Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, page H 2:

     Other speakers included (Chen Chun-keng), leaders of the Haifeng and Lufeng county CCP committees and representatives of the old revolutionary bases.

   • [1983, C. Martin Wilbur, “The Nationalist Revolution: from Canton to Nanking, 1923-28”, in John K. Fairbank, editor, The Cambridge History of China‎^[3], volume 12, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 543–544:

     P’eng P’ai was able to return to Hai-feng county on the heels of the Eastern Expedition at the end of February 1925 and to revive his shattered movement there. Membership grew rapidly to a reported 70,000, with 12,000 in neighbouring Lu-feng county, but Ch’en Chiung-ming’s troops recovered these counties in the summer and again the movement was driven underground.]

   • 2011 September 23, James Pomfret, Sisi Tang, Chris Buckley, Sabrina Mao, Sui-Lee Wee, “Hundreds protest in south China over land grab”, in Brian Rhoads, editor, Reuters‎^[4], archived from the original on 11 May 2022, World News‎^[5]:

     It was the third day of tensions in Lufeng. Hundreds of villagers attacked government buildings, according to a statement by the municipal government of Shanwei region, which includes Lufeng.

Synonyms

• (Postal Romanization, from Cantonese) Lukfung

Translations

county-level city in Guangdong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 陸豐／陆丰 (luk⁶ fung¹)

  Mandarin: 陸豐／陆丰 (zh) (Lùfēng)

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 祿豐／禄丰 (Lùfēng).

Proper noun

Lufeng

1. A county of Chuxiong, Yunnan, China
   • 1977 April 18, “China Says Bone Find Is New Link to Man”, in The New York Times‎^[6], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on March 08, 2024, page 18‎^[7]:

     Hsinhua said that the almost complete lower jawbone, two other fossilized jawbones and more than 40 fossilized teeth from ancient apes were found in coal seams in Lufeng county in the southwest province of Yunnan.

Descendants

• Translingual: Lufengosaurus

Translations

county in Yunnan

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 祿豐／禄丰 (luk⁶ fung¹)

  Mandarin: 祿豐／禄丰 (zh) (Lùfēng)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Lufeng”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[8], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1800, column 3

Anagrams

• engulf