Wujiang en · PROPN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- wo͞oʹjyängʹ
- /wud͡ʒjɑŋ/
- /wud͡ʒjæŋ/
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 吳江 /吴江 (Wújiāng, “Wu River”), after the once major Wusong River nearby.
Meanings
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A district of Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
He was born in Wujiang County, Jiangsu Province, in eastern China and began his higher education at Yenching University in Beijing, planning to study medicine. But deciding that China's problems were social and political rather than medical, he turned to sociology.
2005 May 9, Wolfgang Saxon, “Fei Xiaotong, 94, a Pioneer in Chinese Anthropology, Is Dead”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 May 2015, Obituaries:"Without China, I'd be bankrupt," said Feng Wen-bing, a Taiwanese who co-owns a $10 million electronics firm in Wujiang, near Shanghai. Thirty factories are currently being built there and 30 more are expected to start being constructed soon. Most are Taiwan-owned.
2001 April 28, John Pomfret, “Taiwan Has an Outbreak of Shanghai Fever”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Aug 2017:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wukiang | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Wuchiang | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Wu-chiang | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (2)
yue 吳江 /吴江 (district in eastern China) · cmn 吳江 /吴江 (district in eastern China)