Mianchi

English

Alternative forms

Mien-ch'ih (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 澠池／渑池 (Miǎnchí).

Pronunciation

enPR: myěnʹchûʹ

Proper noun

Mianchi

A county of Sanmenxia, Henan, China.
- 1991 [1987], Zongxu Zou, translated by Susan Whitfield, The Land Within the Passes: A History of Xian‎, Viking, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 41:
  Both these sites are also identified as belonging to the Yangshao culture, similar remains having first been discovered at Yangshao Village in Mianchi County, Henan Province.
- 2013 February 1, “China bridge collapse”, in Reuters‎, archived from the original on 08 May 2022:
  A truck stops near a section of a partially collapsed expressway bridge on the Lianhuo highway in Mianchi county, Henan province, China, February 1, 2013. According to Xinhua News Agency, five people died and eight others were injured after an expressway bridge partially collapsed due to a truck explosion.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Mianchi.

Translations

county

Chinese:
Mandarin: 澠池／渑池 (zh) (Miǎnchí)
Japanese: please add this translation if you can

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