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county-level city en · NOUN

Etymology

Calque from Chinese 縣級市／县级市 (xiànjíshì, literally “county-level city”)

Meanings

1. An administrative division of China immediately below the prefecture level.
   • “Overall production curbs in Tangshan in September are on par with August, which are loose,” Huatai Futures said in a note, adding that output restrictions in Wuan, county-level city of the second-biggest steelmaking city of Handan, tightened slightly this month compared with August. 2019 September 3, Min Zhang, Tom Daly, “China iron ore, steel futures rise on lenient output curbs”, in Sherry Jacob-Phillips, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2022, Metals News:
   • And there are six corps cities, Shihezi, Wujiaqu, Alar, Tumushuke, Beitun and Tiemenguan among 22 county-level cities. 2014, Xinping (李欣凭) Li, 活力新疆 [Modern Xinjiang], Beijing: China Intercontinental Press (五洲传播出版社), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 32:
   • RFA’s Uyghur Service recently received information that the former detainees in Korla (in Chinese, Kuerle)—a county-level city in Bayin’gholin Mongol (in Chinese, Bayinguoleng Menggu) Autonomous Prefecture and the XUAR’s scond-largest city—are serving the deferred sentences at home, but are subject to harsh restrictions. 2020 August 24, Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes, “Former Camp Detainees Serving ‘Deferred’ Jail Sentences in Xinjiang’s Korla City”, in Elise Anderson, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2020:

Forms

Relateds

prefecture-level city

Synonyms

county-level municipality

Translations (2)

pl miasto powiatowe (administrative division) · cmn 縣級市 /县级市 (administrative division)