Fengqiu

English

Alternative forms

• Feng-ch'iu (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 封邱／封丘 (Fēngqiū).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌfʌŋˈt͡ʃjoʊ/

Proper noun

Fengqiu

1. A county of Xinxiang, Henan, China.
   • [1972, Stewart E. Fraser, Hsu Kuang-liang, “Periodical Articles”, in China: The Cultural Revolution: Its Aftermath and Effects on Education and Society: A Select and Partially Annotated Bibliography‎^[1], University of London Institute of Education Library, →OCLC, page 75:

     "A New Era of Poor and Lower-Middle Peasants Taking the Rostrum Has Begun." (January 11, 1969). […]
     [The article] Reports the formation of lecture groups of poor and lower-middle peasants and their teaching in rural schools in Feng-ch'iu County, Honan Province.]

   • [1974, Rewi Alley, “In an Ancient Kingdom the First People's Commune”, in Eastern Horizon‎^[2], volume XIII, number 6, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 48, column 1:

     Back at Sinhsiang, we spent an evening watching the acrobats of Fengchiu. Fengchiu in north-eastern Honan has a reputation for producing the best acrobats, and they certainly put on an original show.]

   • 2008 March 10, “Shrinking Chinese work force pushes wages up”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 March 2023, International Business‎^[4]:

     "This village is just old people and children," said Du Shicheng, 51, a farmer in Fengqiu County whose two adult children work at a cellphone factory in the east. "Everyone else has already left."

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 封邱 (Fēngqiū), 封丘 (zh) (Fēngqiū)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Fengqiu”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[5], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1215, column 3