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Shensi

British  
/ ˈʃɛnˈsiː /

noun

  1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Shaanxi

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He has since learned to play the keyboard, and sings along with the four other members of the "Star Kids" band their teacher, Chen Shensi, set up last year for people with autism.

From Reuters • Dec. 2, 2022

The 1556 Shensi earthquake killed more people, according to the USGS.

From Slate • Apr. 25, 2014

Kansu, Honan, and Shensi had already harvested their biggest wheat crops in 15 years.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1934, he joined Mao's legendary Long March—the heroic, 6,000-mile trek by the party's forces, under constant harassment by Chiang Kai-shek's armies—to remote Yenan, in Shensi province.

From Time Magazine Archive

Expelled from Shensi he hoped to find shelter and safety in the adjoining province of Kansuh, where he took up his residence at Lintao.

From China by Boulger, Demetrius Charles