Fu-chien

See also: Fuchien

English

MJIB Fuchien Province Field Office

Etymology

From Mandarin 福建 (Fújiàn) Wade–Giles romanization: Fu²-chien⁴.

Proper noun

Fu-chien

1. Alternative form of Fujian
   • 1966, Luce Boulnois, translated by Dennis Chamberlin, The Silk Road‎^[2], London: George Allen & Unwin, →OCLC, →OL, page 208:

     We know that Italians were trading in the Black Sea ports, and the Arabs in the ports of southern China- in Fu-chien and Kuang-tung. Zayton (Ch'üan-chou in Fu-chien?) is mentioned by Marco Polo as 'the greatest port in the world'.

   • 1974, D. J. Dwyer, editor, China Now: an Introductory Survey with Readings‎^[3], Longman, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 224:

     When this line was about to be completed, toward the end of 1956, official newspapers reported that henceforth ‘rich iron ore, timber and figs’ produced in Fu-chien could be shipped out for the benefit of other parts of the country [29].

   • 1998, “Taiwan”, in The World Factbook‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 522:

     Administrative divisions: since in the past the authorities claimed to be the government of all China, the central administrative divisions include the provinces of Fu-chien (some 20 offshore islands of Fujian Province including Quemoy and Matsu) and Taiwan (the island of Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands);

   • 1999, Linda A. Walton, Academies and Society in Southern Sung China‎^[5], Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 37:

     While Chu Hsi’s fame in the Southern Sung academy movement rests on his revival of White Deer Grotto in Chiang-hsi, he was most active in founding academies in his adoptive home, Fu-chien. His ancestral home was Wu-yuan County (Hui, Chiang-tung), but he was born, educated, and spent much of his career both in and out of office in Fu-chien.

   • 2010, Jay Lake, Pinion‎^[6], Tor Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 290:

     "You do not care if I am a peasant girl born beneath a harnessed ox in the fields of Fu-chien?"
     "I do not care if you were born in the Forbidden City, of the body of an angel on a couch of ivory." He put down the glasses. "You are aboard my ship without my permission, behaving dreadfully. If you are a divinity, then I will bid you welcome and make the best of my hospitality. If you are an insolent peasant girl from Fu-chien, then I will throw you into the sea and tell you to swim for that distant shore."

   • [2016 April 15, “History”, in 福建金門地方檢察署 [Fuchien Kinmen District Prosecutors Office]‎^[7], archived from the original on 29 June 2022:

     Kinmen County used to belong to Tungan County of Fuchien Province.]

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Fu-chien.

Translations

Fujian — see Fujian

Further reading

• Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Fukien or Fu-chien”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎^[8], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 649, column 2
• “Fu-chien”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Fu-chien” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.