Tzukuei
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See also: Tzu-kuei
Etymology
From Mandarin 秭歸／秭归 (Zǐguī) Wade–Giles romanization: Tzŭ³-kuei¹.
Proper noun
Tzukuei
- Alternative form of Zigui
- 1961, Chinese Literature, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on August 2, 2024, page 109:
- This strech of Yangtse, so hard to navigate, is the subject of many beautiful legends. Eleven-fifteen brings us to Tzukuei, said to be the home of the poet Chu Yuan.
- 1977, “The Three Gorges”, in China Pictorial, number 9, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 36, column 1:
- The 76-km-long Hsiling Gorge, from Hsianghsi in Tzukuei County to Nantsinkuan, was noted for its treacherous shoals.
- 2016, Red Pine, Finding Them Gone: Visiting China's Poets of the Past, Copper Canyon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page :
- Twenty minutes later, I arrived in Tzukuei.
It should have been called New Tzukuei. The original Tzukuei was underwater thirty kilometers upstream on the other side of the river.
Translations
Zigui — see Zigui
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