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Ansai
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ansai ansaí
English
Ansai District
Etymology
From en cmn 安塞.
Pronunciation
en /ˌɑːnˈsaɪ/
änʹsīʹcf. en 1952 Ansi or Ansai Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 77 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/77/ 2
en aɪ 2
en An sai
Proper noun
en district prefecture-level city/Yan'an province/Shaanxi c/China.
en 1918 Arthur de Carle Sowerby Arthur de Carle Sowerby ITINERARIES Sport and Science on the Sino-Mongolian Frontier https://archive.org/details/cu31924023123502/ London w:Andrew Melrose 2174845 285 https://archive.org/details/cu31924023123502/page/285/ ITINERARY NO. 2.Yen-an Fu to Yü-lin Fu (via Ching-pien Hsien).Distance, 211 miles; 10 stages.Mule track all the way, though big wheeled carts could be used in the Ordos.STAGE 1. Chou-tung (20 miles). General direction: N.W. Good mule track following valley all the way. Pass An-sai Hsien (15 miles), where there are inns. Cross river once or twice without difficulty. Good inn at Chou-tung (a small village). on
en 1941 w:Nym Wales China Builds for Democracy: A Story of Cooperative Industry https://archive.org/details/chinabuildsforde0000snow/mode New York Modern Age Books, Inc. 3741221 297 https://archive.org/details/chinabuildsforde0000snow/page/297/ 3. Ansai district—Ansai is densely populated and rich in agricultural products; besides, it is safely placed from bombardment.
en 1999 w:Jerome Silbergeld Drowning on Dry Land: Yellow Earth and the Traditionalism of the 'Avant-garde' China into Film: Frames of Reference in Contemporary Chinese Cinema https://archive.org/details/chinaintofilmfra0000silb/ w:Reaktion Books 1-86189-050-8 41958887 32 https://archive.org/details/chinaintofilmfra0000silb/page/32/ Thus, whatever her personal sense of loss and anxiety, she does not so much create an oppositional concept of filial piety as refashion the more public Confucianized image.⁴⁹ There is perhaps some equivalence to this in the Ansai district of Shaanbei, where the folksongs collected by Yellow Earth's film-makers originated, a regional song type identified at the outset of the film as xintianyou.⁵⁰
en NOVEMBER 24, 2010 Chen Aizhu Analysis: Where is gas used next in China? Trucks and trawlers Clarence Fernandez https://web.archive.org/web/20230313072107/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-lng-idUKTRE6AN1MF20101124 13 March 2023 w:Reuters https://archive.is/28KXt CNPC has partnered with local firms to become the operator of at least five inland liquefaction plants, with its largest plant in Ansai in the northern Shaanxi province to liquefy 500,000 tonnes per year slated to begin operations at the end of 2011.
en 2018-10-23 Autumn scenery of Wangjiawan Danxia landform in Shaanxi(1/8) Li Yan https://web.archive.org/web/20181103225724/https://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018-10-23/detail-ifyyzeyv7662942.shtml 03 November 2018 w:China News Service https://archive.ph/7v0RA Aerial photo taken on Oct. 21, 2018 shows a view of Danxia landform at Wangjiawan of Pingqiao Town in Ansai District of Yan'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
Translations
district
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 安塞
Mandarin: cmn 安塞
Japanese: ja
References
Further reading
en 2008 Ansai Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/ 2nd 1 New York Columbia University Press 978-0-231-14554-1 2008009181 212893637 145 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/page/145/ 1
Anagrams
en aains Asian IANAS naais