Kuaiji

kuàijì Kuàijī English Alternative forms en Kuaichi Wade-Giles Etymology From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 會稽 Kuàijī. Pronunciation kwī′jē′ en Kuai ji Proper noun A mountain near Shaoxing, Zhejiang, in China legendarily associated with Yu the Great. en August 31, 1988 Edward A. Gargan China's Heady and Heralded Yellow Wine From Shaoxing w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20101215192044/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/31/garden/china-s-heady-and-heralded-yellow-wine-from-shaoxing.html 15 December 2010 https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/31/garden/china-s-heady-and-heralded-yellow-wine-from-shaoxing.html 0362-4331 1645522 Home & Garden 3 IN 240 B.C., Lu Buwei, the Prime Minister of China under the first Emperor of the Qin dynasty, directed the compilation of an encyclopedia of all that was known. Called the "Spring and Autumn Annals," the encyclopedia included myriad tales, this among them:"The King of Yue stopped at Kuaiji. There, he poured wine in the river. His men drank from the waters and then fought with a hundredfold more energy." en 2 December 2021 Wee Kek Koon How ancient Chinese wills protected the deceased’s family, and the contents of China’s original last will and testament w:South China Morning Post https://web.archive.org/web/20250828143228/https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3158036/how-ancient-chinese-wills-protected-deceaseds https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3158036/how-ancient-chinese-wills-protected-deceaseds 28 August 2025 1563-9371 648902513 Opinion Yu, the legendary king who founded China’s Xia dynasty, which supposedly existed from around 2070BC to 1600BC, told his ministers in his old age that after his death, he wished to be buried on the Kuaiji Mountain, which is around 150km (90 miles) southwest of Shanghai. en historical A former Chinese commandery located around Hangzhou Bay. en historical A former name of Suzhou and Shaoxing, held during their time as capital of the commandery. en historical A former Chinese county around Shaoxing. Translations mountain Chinese: Cantonese: yue 會稽 Mandarin: cmn 會稽 Kuàijī Japanese: ja Further reading Kuaiji, Kuaichi, Kuai-chi en Places in Chinaen 2-syllable words