English Explanatory Dictionary

Jiexiu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A county-level city of Jinzhong, central Shanxi, China.

Word forms

Jiexiu Chieh-hsiu Chiehhsiu

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 介休 (Jièxiū, “Jie's Rest”). Supposedly named by Ji Chong'er, the Wen Duke of Jin, in his remorse for having killed his loyal subject Jie Zhitui and Jie's mother with an intentional forest fire in the region.

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