Szechuan

Szechwan

/ (ˈsɪtʃwɑːn) /


noun
  1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Sichuan

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How to use Szechuan in a sentence

  • All over China, but especially in this part of Szechuan, there grows a tree of the large-leaved privet species.

    A Wayfarer in China | Elizabeth Kendall
  • For a few miles we followed up the left bank of the Liu Sha, whose waters were turbid with the red soil of Szechuan.

    A Wayfarer in China | Elizabeth Kendall
  • Ning-yan-fu is the largest town in this part of Szechuan, having a population of perhaps fifty thousand.

    A Wayfarer in China | Elizabeth Kendall
  • Szechuan's later history begins with the troubled times that marked the fall of the Ming dynasty.

    A Wayfarer in China | Elizabeth Kendall
  • I never saw finer-looking peaches than in Szechuan, but they proved worm-riddled and tasteless.

    A Wayfarer in China | Elizabeth Kendall