Tsochuan

English

Etymology

c. 1940s, from Mandarin 左權／左权 (Zuǒquán), Wade–Giles romanization: Tso³-chʻüan².

Proper noun

Tsochuan

1. Alternative form of Zuoquan
   • 1949 [1948 Autumn], “The Great Struggle for Liberation”, in Women in New China‎^[1], Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 46:

     A survey conducted as long ago as 1946 showed that in Wihsiang^{[sic – meaning Wuhsiang]} and Tsochuan counties in the North China Liberated Area, all grown girls could read and write and two-thirds of the middle-aged women have some degree of literacy.

   • 1960 April 20 [1960 April 17], “Changes Made in Administrative Areas”, in Daily Report: Foreign Radio Broadcasts‎^[2], number 77, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →OCLC, page BBB 6‎^[3]:

     Shansi Province:
     Establishment of Tsochuan (1563 2938) County with part of the administrative district of Hoshun County in the Chinchung Special District to become the administrative district of Tsochuan County. The county people's council is to be seated in the former seat of Tsochuan County.

   • 1970, Summary of World Broadcasts: The Far East. Weekly supplement 3‎^[4], British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring Service, →OCLC, page 9:

     Shansi The electric power industry group of the Provincial Revolutionary Committee has held a meeting in Tsochuan County and called for a campaign to emulate the county's experience in the development of hydroelectric power production.

   • 1970 October 5 [1970 October 2], “ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION IMPROVED IN SHANSI”, in Daily Report: Communist China‎^[5], volume I, number 193, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →OCLC, page F4‎^[6]:

     In July of this year, the electricity bureau of the provincial revolutionary committee held an on-the-spot meeting in Tsochuan County to popularize the county's experiences in running small hydroelectric stations.

   • 1972, Survey of China Mainland Press‎^[7], numbers 5065-5104, United States Consulate General, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 27:

     tsochuan county in taihang mountains relied on its […]

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Tsochuan.

Further reading

• Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Tsochüan or Tso-ch’üan”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎^[8], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1954, column 2