Sichuan

[ sich-wahn, sich-oo-ahn; Chinese sœ-chwahn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Pinyin.

a province in southern central China. 219,691 sq. mi. (569,000 sq. km). : Chengdu.

Sichuan

/ ˈsɪtʃwɑːn /

a province of SW China: the most populous administrative division in the country, esp in the central Red Basin, where it is crossed by three main tributaries of the Yangtze. Capital: Chengdu. Pop: 81 000 000 (2003 est). Area: about 569 800 sq km (220 000 sq miles)

“I love spicy food, and my friends tell me that Sichuan hotpot has become very popular in Addis Abeba,” he said.

His former secretary and deputy governor of Sichuan is now suspected of orchestrating the car accident.

Lei Huazhen is a handsome woman and unusually tall for an inhabitant of Sichuan.

He lives high up in the mountains in Tufangshan village, Langzhong county, in northern Sichuan.

Many self-immolations have taken place in Sichuan province, but their geographic scope has expanded in recent weeks.

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