Wensuとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 溫宿／温宿 (Wēnsù).

固有名詞

Wensu

1. Synonym of Onsu
   • 1985 December 23 [1985 November 23], Xinhua Relays Facts on Xinjian^{[sic – meaning Xinjiang]} Centenarians‎^[1], Foreign Broadcast Information Service, page 167:

     Kenijihan Talifu, a 114-year-old woman in Wensu County, cultivates fruit trees, vegetables and flowers and raises sheep and a donkey.

   • 2009 October 10, “Human Rights”, in Congressional-Executive Commission on China Annual Report 2009‎^[2], Congressional-Executive Commission on China, page 130:

     The Wensu (Onsu) county government in Aqsu district reported taking steps to monitor returnees from pilgrimages in order to “place them in the ‘line of vision’ of the government and Party committee” and “understand” the activities they participated in while abroad.

   • 2020 August 23, Wong, Kate; David Bogi, “How China uses Muslim press trips to counter claims of Uighur abuse”, in The Guardian‎^[3], archived from the original on 23 August 2020:

     But the key moment for Jazexhi came during a visit to Wensu County Vocational Skills Training Centre, a re-education camp in Aksu prefecture.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Wensu.

語源

From Mandarin 溫宿／温宿 (Wēnsù), Wade-Giles romanization: Wên¹-su⁴.

固有名詞

Wen-su

1. Alternative form of Wensu (Onsu)
   • 1922, Hedin, Sven, Southern Tibet‎^[1], volume 8, Stockholm, OCLC 1227360602, page 5:

     In how far the name of that time was bound to the western mountains is already proved by the observation that the Ts'ung-ling is not mentioned at all in the adjoining mountainous regions to the north and south, viz., first on the line from Wen-su (Uch-Turfan) to the Wu-sun, on Issik-köl. and secondly from P'i-shan (on the Kiliang River to the west of Khoan) viâ Wu-ch'a to North-western India⁵.

   • 1961, Richard Yang, “SINKIANG UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR YANG TSENG-HSIN, 1911-1928”, in Central Asiatic Journal‎^[2], volume 6, number 4, page 299:

     He took this opportunity as a good excuse for stepping up border defense and consolidating his power in Sinkiang. Not only did he make careful military arrangements along the northeastern border adjacent to Outer Mongolia, such as the strategic centers like Ha-mi, Chen-si, Ch'i-t'ai, Sui-lai, Altai, Wu-su (または Kulklawusu), T'a-ch'eng, he also strengthened his military control of the other strategic areas including Ili and Ching-ho in the west, Yen-ch'i and Wen-su in the southwest, Wu-shih and Pu-li in the south. Consequently, the whole of Sinkiang was placed under his direct control.