Jiashi

jiàshǐ jiāshì English thumb|Map including Jiashi (Ch'ieh-shih) (Defense Mapping Agency DMA, 1980) Alternative forms en Chia-shih Wade-Giles Etymology From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 伽師. Pronunciation jyäʹshœʹFaizabad 600 3 Faizabad (fīzäbäd′), Chinese Kiashi or Chia-shih (jyä′shû′),Sometimes Paitzepa. en Jia shi Proper noun en Payzawat: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name. en 2007 https://archive.org/details/china0000godd_q1d9/ Carole Goddard China Countries of the World w:Evans Brothers 0-237-53287-5 16 https://archive.org/details/china0000godd_q1d9/page/16/ On 24 February 2003 at 10.03 a.m. local time, a large earthquake (measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale) struck Jiashi county without any warning. en 2008 https://archive.org/details/08BEIJING3426/ Attack in Jiashi Drastically Changes Security Environment 3 The bus station in Kashgar that services Jiashi was closed August 28 with dozens of people milling around outside, many of whom confirmed that "an incident" had taken place in Jiashi. Some spoke of rumors that Jiashi would remain closed for three days while the investigation took place. Taxi drivers outside the bus station said that it was possible to enter the city only by paying a US 70-cent bribe per passenger per checkpoint to police. Synonyms en Ch'ieh-shih Translations Payzawat References