Meaning of feng | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The Latin-script letter ʩ, used to transcribe a voiceless velopharyngeal fricative in the context of disordered speech.
2. A river in Shaanxi Province, China.
3. A county of Baoji, Shaanxi, China.
4. A kind of Eurasian curry.
   uncountable
5. An ancient city in Xi'an, Shaanxi, a former capital of China under the Zhou dynasty.
   historical
6. A surname from Mandarin.

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“In China, the phoenix is known as the Feng-huang; in its "feng" aspect it is a male, solar sybol, while as "huang", it is a female and lunar, making it an embodiment of the union of yin and yang.”

南台人文社會學報

“One of them would be chosen by the ancient chimera bird, Feng-Huang, which resided atop of the mighty Kunlun mountain range of which Bayan Har Shan formed part. These mountains, which Ji Shi had reportedly sprung from, seemed to be a hotbed of supernatural activity. The legendary bird had a male aspect, Feng, and a female aspect, Huang, and presided over every other bird in the land⟳ ... it was known to have⟳ the beak of a rooster, the face⟳ of a swallow⟳, the forehead of a fowl, the neck of a snake, the breast of a goose, the back of a tortoise, the hindquarters of a stag and the tail of a fish⟳. Feng-Huang would only appear⟳ in the most harmonious and joyous of situations. Its coming always heralded the beginning of a new era of imperial rule⟳, and bestowed the perfect balance of yin and yang upon heaven’s mandate.”

“At the time Feng Yü-hsiang arrived in Pukow, Feng Kuo-chang had seemed to be gaining the upper hand over Tuan and his clique.”

“In the movement to study⟳ the theory of the dictatorship of the proletariat, the militia company of Lienfangszu production brigade under the Nanhsing commune in Feng county, Shensi Province, organized the militiamen to take⟳ part in class struggle⟳ in society, hit out at the sabotaging activities of the class enemies and criticized the tendency toward capitalism, revisionism and the doctrines[…]”

“Seeking to demonstrate⟳ that the case of He Chuanyang and other Chongqing students were not unique, a widely circulated post⟳, entitled "One after another, they change⟳ their race⟳" rehashed a 2008 story of ethnic-based corruption in Feng County in Shaanxi Province (Hanwu tianxia 2009). Following a decline⟳ in the local economy, construction company officials encouraged the Feng County government to construct a "Qiang ethnic native village" (Qiangzu guli 羌族故里) to open⟳ up new sources of revenue while nominally boasting local tourism.”

“SHAANXI[…] The policeman, named Liu Zhi, spotted the boy sitting weeping in the street, with an empty bottle of poison beside him, as he drove to work⟳ in Feng county.”

“A large scale survey and a small scale continuous monitoring was conducted to evaluate⟳ the impact of Pb/Zn smelting on soil heavy metals (HMs) accumulation and potential ecological risk⟳ in Feng County, Shaanxi province of China.”

“The seat of administration was in present-day Feng zhou 鳳州 town, located northeast of Feng 鳳 county in Shaan xi 陝西. The territory administered comprised Feng county in present-day Shaan xi, and the two present-day counties of Hui 徽縣 and Liang dang 兩當 in Gan su 甘肅.”

“Shaanxi-based current affairs commentator Huang Ping said the caged woman's case had shown that the Feng county chained woman's case was just the tip⟳ of the iceberg, and involved the collusion of local officials.”

“The 38-year-old lawyer was accused of subversion of state power, according to a trial notice⟳ issued by the Baoji Municipality Intermediate People Court last⟳ week. Chang’s case was heard at Fengxian People’s Court in the northwest of the country.[…] Chen, an oncology researcher at a Shenzhen hospital, flew with their eight-year-old son and her mother, 62, to Xian, rented a car at the airport and drove four hours to attend⟳ the hearing. But she said they were stopped from entering Feng county, where it was held.”

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