Shiqi
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English
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 石岐 (Shíqí).
Proper noun
Shiqi
- A subdistrict of Zhongshan, Guangdong, China
- 2022 January 9, Susan Jung, “Born poor, Hong Kong’s ‘Abalone King’ worked his way up to found a three-Michelin-star restaurant by perfecting the cooking of the dried delicacy”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 January 2022, Food & Drink:
- “Abalone King” Yeung Koon-yat’s life has changed dramatically from the extreme poverty he was born into in 1932 in Shiqi, a subdistrict of Zhongshan, Guangdong province.
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- ^ Shabad, Theodore (1972) “Index”, in China's Changing Map, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 345, 361:
- Chinese place names are listed in three common spelling styles: […] (1) the Post Office system, […] (2) the Wade-Giles system, […] shown after the main entry […] (3) the Chinese Communists' own Pinyin romanization system, which also appears in parentheses […] Shekki (Shihki, Shih-ch'i, Shiqi)