Wanhsien

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Wanhsien

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Borrowed from Mandarin 萬縣／万县 (Wànxiàn) Wade–Giles romanization: Wan⁴-hsien⁴.

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alternative, historical Alternative form of Wanxian (Wanzhou; formerly called Wan County / Wanxian). On the 20th we reached Wanhsien, "The Myriad City," and as the most dangerous part of the river journey had been accomplished, our official lifeboat took its departure. After that the Hsien magistrate sent us Yamen soldiers. We changed them at every fresh prefecture. They lived on board, and spent t

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@misc{wanhsien_2026,
  title = {Wanhsien},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wanhsien},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}