Wudian

See also: wudian, wūdiǎn, Wúdiàn, and wùdiǎn

English

Alternative forms

• Wu-tien (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 吳店／吴店 (Wúdiàn).

Proper noun

Wudian

1. A town in Guangshui, Suizhou, Hubei, China.
2. A town in Zaoyang, Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
   • 1999, Beijing Review‎^[1], volume 42, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 16:

     Good Planning
     Wudian Town in Zaoyang City is well laid out, with 18 roads dividing it into different parts where various special areas, such as the industrial district, commercial zone, residential quarters and tourist area[...]

   • 2003, 考古‎^[2], numbers 7-12, 科学出版社, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10:

     In September~December 2002, the Hubei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology excavated the Nos. 1 and 2 Chu State tombs and the horse-and-chariot burial pits auxiliary to them in the Jiuliandun cemetery of Wudian Town in Zaoyang City, Hubei Province.

   • 2015 June 4, “New Music Archaeological Discovery Found in Guojiamiao, Zaoyang, Hubei Province”, in Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences‎^[3], archived from the original on 2015-06-14‎^[4]:

     Guojiamiao cemetery is located in Dongzhaohu Village, Wudian Town, Zaoyang City, with an area of 1,200,000 square meters, which is divided into Guojiamiao Tomb Area and Caomenwan Tomb Area.

Translations

towns in central China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吳店／吴店 (Wúdiàn)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Wudian at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.