Chuhsiung

See also: Ch'u-hsiung

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 楚雄 (Chǔxióng) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻu³-hsiung².

Proper noun

Chuhsiung

1. Alternative form of Chuxiong
   • 1978 July, Yu-ting Tu, Chen Lu-fan, “Was There a Massive Exodus of Thais?”, in Eastern Horizon‎^[1], volume XVII, number 7, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 30, column 1:

     The most prominent service Tuan rendered to the Mongols was the suppression of the uprising in 1264 of some 100,000 people from the various tribes in Yunnan. The uprising spread from the present Yuhsi in Yunnan to other towns like Chuching and Chuhsiung, and finally Chungching (Kunming) fell to the rebel forces.

   • 2015, Bill Porter, “The Yi [彝族]”, in South of the Clouds: Travels in Southwest China‎^[2], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 185:

     The only time we stopped, other than for the occasional pee break, was for lunch in the town of Chuhsiung. Chuhsiung was in the heart of Yi country. The Yi made up the largest minority in Yunnan, with over three million members as of 1990. And their biggest concentration was in the mountains around Chuhsiung.