Meaning of Yiwu | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A county of Hami, Xinjiang, China.
2. A county-level city of Jinhua, Zhejiang, China.
3. A former province in Hebei, China, during the Tang and Five Dynasties eras.
   historical

Examples

“In the city, the old drum-tower now has the mottoes over each gate restored. West to Yiwu (Araturuk) in Xinjiang, north to the desert, south to the Qilian Mountains, and east to Hua Shan, it is certainly a graceful addition to a modernizing city.”

“In the Kaiyuan reign period of the Tang Dynasty, Beiting commissioner was appointed to command the troops in Hanhai, Tianshan and Yiwu (Araturuk). The troops in Yiwu (Araturuk) were stationed in Ganluchuan.”

““Aratürk (Yiwu) County’s party committee and government has issued a plan to liberate farmers from the ketmen and herders from the qamcha,” said a high ranking county official who spoke on condition of anonymity. A ketmen is a traditional digging took used by Uyghur farmers, while a qamcha is a type of whip used by Uyghur herders.”

“The Yiugurs called the city Yiwu or Aratürük, close to Hami, Tuhulu 吐葫蘆.”

“Wu Han was born in Yiwu, Chekiang, in 1909, in a middle-class family too poor to pay for his education at National (Tsing Hua) University, where Wu supported himself by tutoring until his graduation in 1934.”

“The text of to-night's "communique" says:- [...]Heavy fighting is continuing in the East Chekiang province with the Japanese launching vigorous attacks at Kienteh and Yiwu to the north-east of Kinhawa, the provincial capital. The Japanese troops on the Railway first attacked the Chinese positions in the vicinity of Yiwu in mass formation and then split up into several small units and attempted infiltration tactics.”

“Wu Han was born in Iwu, Chekiang in 1909 and took his first degree at the Tsinghua University.”

“If it’s small, cheap and made of plastic, it can probably be found in Yiwu, a city in China’s southeastern Zhejiang province.”

“From the widget wholesalers of Yiwu, south of Shanghai, to the halls of Communist Party power in Beijing, there is consternation that the trade war has dragged on for so long and doubt that the next battle could be a turning point.”

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