Chuhsiung

From Mandarin 楚雄 (Chǔxióng) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻu³-hsiung².

Chuhsiung

1. Alternative form of Chuxiong.
   • 1978 June 23 [1978 May 13], “Yunnan Prefecture's, Industry”, in Translations on People's Republic of China, number 435, United States Joint Publications Research Service, sourced from Peking NCNA, →OCLC, page 67:

     The Chuhsiung Autonomous Prefecture of Yi nationality [I-tsu] in Yunnan Province has made steady progress in developing industry since it was set up in 1958.

   • 1978 July, Yu-ting Tu, Chen Lu-fan, “Was There a Massive Exodus of Thais?”, in Eastern Horizon‎^[1], volume XVII, number 7, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 30, column 1:

     The most prominent service Tuan rendered to the Mongols was the suppression of the uprising in 1264 of some 100,000 people from the various tribes in Yunnan. The uprising spread from the present Yuhsi in Yunnan to other towns like Chuching and Chuhsiung, and finally Chungching (Kunming) fell to the rebel forces.

   • 2015, Bill Porter, “The Yi [彝族]”, in South of the Clouds: Travels in Southwest China‎^[2], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 185:

     The only time we stopped, other than for the occasional pee break, was for lunch in the town of Chuhsiung. Chuhsiung was in the heart of Yi country. The Yi made up the largest minority in Yunnan, with over three million members as of 1990. And their biggest concentration was in the mountains around Chuhsiung.