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Meaning of "tuchun" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TUCHUN

From Chinese, from tu to superintend + chün troops.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF TUCHUN

tuːˈtʃuːn


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TUCHUN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tuchun is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TUCHUN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Warlord

A warlord is a person with power who has both military and civil control over a subnational area due to armed forces loyal to the warlord and not to a central authority. The term can also mean one who espouses the ideal that war is necessary, and has the means and authority to engage in war. Today, the word has a strong connotation that the person exercises far more power than their official title or rank legitimately permits. Under feudalism, by contrast, the local military leader may enjoy great autonomy and a personal army, and still derive legitimacy from formal fealty to a central authority. Warlordism is a term coined to describe chaos at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the birth of the Republic of China, from the death of Yuan Shikai in 1916 until 1928. This period is called the warlord era of China. It can however be used to describe similar periods in other countries or epochs such as in Japan during the Sengoku period, or in China during the Three Kingdoms, or in Somalia during the Somali Civil War.

Definition of tuchun in the English dictionary

The definition of tuchun in the dictionary is a Chinese military governor or warlord.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TUCHUN

afternoon · balloon · befortune · Cameroon · cartoon · commune · honeymoon · hoon · immune · June · Kun · maroon · moon · noon · shoon · soon · toon · tribune · tune · unfortune

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TUCHUN

tubulously · tubulure · TUC · Tucana · Tucanae · tuck · tuck away · tuck in · tuck shop · tuck-in · tuckahoe · tuckbox · tucker · tucker-bag · tuckerbox · tuckered out · tucket · tucotuco · Tucson · tucutucu

WORDS THAT END LIKE TUCHUN

Braun · bun · Changchun · fun · Fushun · Grishun · gun · handgun · Hun · in the long run · Jun · Kim Jong-un · nun · Oshun · pun · run · shun · sun · Thun · tun

Synonyms and antonyms of tuchun in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tuchun» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF TUCHUN

Find out the translation of tuchun to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of tuchun from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tuchun» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

途纯
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

tuchun
570 millions of speakers
en

English

tuchun
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

tuchun
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

tuchun
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

tuchun
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

tuchun
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

tuchun
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

tuchun
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Tuchun
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

tuchun
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

tuchun
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

tuchun
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Tuchun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tuchun
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

tuchun
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

टुचुन
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

tuchun
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

tuchun
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

tuchun
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

tuchun
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

tuchun
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

tuchun
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tuchun
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tuchun
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tuchun
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tuchun

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TUCHUN»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of tuchun
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tuchun

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TUCHUN»

Discover the use of tuchun in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tuchun and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Nation
the overlords of the less powerful military governors in the adjacent provinces. Subsequently a third super-tuchun, Wang Chan-yuan, appeared in the Yangtze Valley where the North was maintaining the status quo against the South. Tuchun  ...
‎1922
2
The Correspondence of G. E. Morrison 1912-1920
the defunct Parliament, representing Fengtien, and is said to be a Secretary of the Tuchun. He 'achieved merit' during the revolt of the Tuchuns by carrying messages between the Premier (Tuan) and Chang Tso-lin. On hearing of the Tuchun's ...
George Ernest Morrison, Hui-Min Lo, Huimin Luo, 1978
3
The Political History of China, 1840-1928
These negotiations led to two noteworthy agreements: (1) Ch'en Pi-kuang was to become tuchun of Kwangtung, and T'an Hao-ming tuchun of Kwangsi. Since Ch' en was then the tuchun of Kwangsi, and Lu tuchun of Kwangtung, while T'an ...
Chien-nung Li, Ssu-yu Teng, Jeremy Ingalls, 1967
4
The Cambridge History of China: Republican China, 1912-1949. ...
They are inaccurate in several ways: (i) Clique affiliations largely follow the affiliation of the provincial tuchun, ignoring the existence of minor warlords, who often controlled important areas. (2) The maps do not show areas under contention, ...
John King Fairbank, Denis Crispin Twitchett, 1983
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The Herald of Asia: A Review of Life and Progress in the Orient
From the fact that it was attended representative military governors of the Arhui and Chihli factions sucli as Tuchun Tsao of Chihli, Tuchun Wang of Hupeh, Tuchun Chao of Honan, Tuchun Chang of Shantung, Tuchun Chang of Honan and ...
‎1918
6
Missionaries of Revolution: Soviet Advisers and Nationalist ...
Szechwan, propelled by internal economic forces, has for a long time been striving to get to the Wuchang area and has on numerous occasions come against the tuchun of Hunan, General Chao Heng-t'i. It can be supposed, therefore, that our ...
Clarence Martin Wilbur, 1989
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The Middle Works of John Dewey, 1899-1924: Journal Articles, ...
And the real question in China to-day is how to limit the power and rapacity of these Tuchuns." The fact is that there is not a Tuchun in China today who has the least smattering of western learning. Most of them have none of the old Chinese ...
John Dewey, Jo Ann Boydston, Ralph Ross, 2008
8
The Flying Tiger: Women Shamans and Storytellers of the Amur
In one house there lived a pointed pole named tuchun, for hanging fish to dry, some caviar, a bladder, a haystack, and big eyes. They lived in a friendly way and one time they decided to cook some kasha. Tuchun went out and started a big fire ...
Kira Van Deusen, 2001
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Uncertain Paths to Freedom: Russia and China, 1919-22
However, the Tuchun who was our host was an exception to the general 40 rule, being perfectly virtuous and a great friend of education. (He fell a few weeks after my visit.) The guests were received in one vast hall, and banqueted in another.
Bertrand Russell, Richard A. Rempel, Beryl Haslam, 2000
10
The Hunter and Other Stories
Guy Wayne, American soldier of fortune, is instructor in the army of the tuchun, or military governor, of a western Chinese province, holding a colonel's commission . With him are two white noncoms—Hank, a small, dried-up, heavily mustached, ...
Dashiell Hammett, Julie M. Rivett, Richard Layman, 2013

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TUCHUN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tuchun is used in the context of the following news items.
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来自汉语的英语词语:语言接触的必然产物
例如Yamen(衙门)、Tuchun(督军)、running dogs(走狗)、brainwashing(洗脑)、Great Leap Forward(大跃进)、Red Guards(红卫兵)、Gang of Four(四人帮)、reform ... «中国教育在线, Jun 13»
2
Investors learn how to dance with the dragon
According to people familiar with the matter and a review of documents, Taizinai's chairman Li Tuchun over-expanded the business after it received the private ... «Financial News, Sep 12»
REFERENCE
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