Gansu

American  

[gahn-sy] / ˈgɑnˈsü /

(Wade-Giles) Kansu

noun

Pinyin.

1. a province in northern central China. 137,104 sq. mi. (355,099 sq. km). Lanzhou.

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Gansu British  

/ ˈɡænˈsuː /

noun

1. a province of NW China, between Tibet and Inner Mongolia: mountainous, with desert regions; forms a corridor, the Old Silk Road, much used in early and medieval times for trade with Turkestan, India, and Persia. Capital: Lanzhou. Pop: 26 030 000 (2003 est). Area: 366 500 sq km (141 500 sq miles)

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Gansu

Growing up in a small city in Gansu province in northwestern China, he got good grades, but his parents, both doctors, seemed to always expect higher test scores, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Separately, a landslide in China's northwestern Gansu province killed five people on Tuesday, with rescuers working to locate 12 others still missing, Xinhua said, without specifying what caused it.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

"After that win, he was received by the vice governor of the Gansu province and this will be much bigger than that," said Chinese snooker reporter Joe Liu, who works for World Snooker.

From BBC ● May 5, 2026

When Chen’s father was a kid in the countryside of Gansu, China, he was involved in an accident where he was almost trampled by a horse-drawn cart.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026

Giant pandas are limited to six mountainous areas of southwestern China in the provinces of Sichuan, Gansu, and Shanxi.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2024

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