Wuzhi

See also:wùzhí,wùzhì,andwúzhī

English

Alternative forms

• Wu-chih,Wuchih(Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From theHanyu Pinyinromanization of theMandarinVõ trắc(Wǔzhì).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˌwuːˈd͡ʒiː/

Proper noun

Wuzhi

1. A county ofJiaozuo,Henan,China.
   • 2001,Randall A. Dodgen, “Confucian Engineers”, inControlling the Dragon: Confucian Engineers and the Yellow River in the Late Imperial China‎^[1](Chinese history), Honolulu:University of Hawaiʻi Press,→ISBN,→LCCN,→OCLC,page43:

     Li Yumei apprenticed for the post of governor-general of the Henan conservancy by serving in a wide range of bureaucratic positions in the Yellow River region. Abagongof 1801, his first appointment was as magistrate ofWuzhiCounty in Henan. The remainder of his career was spent almost entirely along the river in Henan and Shandong, a fact that gave Li familiarity with both the gentry and the geography of the region.

   • 2002,Du Runsheng,Chinese Economists on Economic Reform - Collected Works of Du Runsheng‎^[2](Chinese Studies / Economics),Routledge,→ISBN,→OCLC,page43:

     InWuzhiCounty in Henan Province, the supply and marketing cooperatives purchased fallen apples in time for processing. As a result, hundreds of thousands of kilograms of apples did not go to waste, and there are many other examples.

Translations

county in Henan, China

• Chinese:

  Cantonese:Võ trắc(mou⁵zik¹)

  Mandarin:Võ trắc(zh)(Wǔzhì)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen,editor (1998), “Wuzhi”, inThe Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[3],volume 3, New York:Columbia University Press,→ISBN,→LCCN,→OCLC,page3496,column 2
• Wuzhi, Wu-chih, Wuchihat theGoogle Books Ngram Viewer.
• Wuzhion Wikidata.Wikidata