Wuwei
See also: Appendix:Variations of "wuwei"
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: wo͞oʹwāʹ[1]
- Hyphenation: Wu‧wei
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Wuwei
- A prefecture-level city of Gansu, China.
- 1945 June, Walter C. Lowdermilk, “China Fights Erosion with U. S. Aid”, in National Geographic Magazine[2], volume LXXXVII, number 6, Washington, D.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 663, column 2:
- Now this old-new part of China is having a boom. Building is going on apace in the cities of Wuwei, Changyeh, and Kiuchuan of the Corridor.
- 2016, Bill Porter, The Silk Road: Taking the Bus to Pakistan[3], Counterpoint, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 172:
- But halfway back, he learned that there had been a change in dynasties and decided he would be better off staying where he was. And so Lu Kuang set up his own Silk Road kingdom at Wuwei in the middle of the Kansu Corridor.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Wuwei.
Translations
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Wuwei”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[4], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3496, column 1
- Wuwei, Wu-wei at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
Etymology 2
From Mandarin 無為 / 无为 (Wúwéi).
Proper noun
Wuwei
- A county-level city of Wuhu, Anhui, China.
- 2007 August 29, “Predictions off for global warming flood risk”, in Reuters[5], archived from the original on 1 July 2023, Pictures:
- Two children walk on a flooded playground at a school in Wuwei county, east China's Anhui province August 28, 2007.
Translations
county-level city
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Wuwei”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[6], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3496, column 1
- Wuwei, Wu-wei at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
References
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Wuwei”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 2109, column 2