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33-482: The characters for "Wanzhou" mean " myriad -prefecture"; which is derived from the phrase "the place where myriad rivers converge and myriad traders gather" ( 万川毕汇、万商云集 ). Due to the construction of the Three Gorges Dam , 47% of Wanzhou's old urban area was submerged and had to be relocated. The district was part of Wanxian Prefecture ([万县地区] Error: {{Lang}}: invalid parameter: |labels= ( help ) ), then

66-461: A district of a city administers many communities or residential committees . Each of them has a residential committee to administer the dwellers of that neighborhood or community. Rural areas are organized into village committees or villager groups. A "village" in this case can either be a natural village, one that spontaneously and naturally exists, or a virtual village, which is a bureaucratic entity. Five cities formally on prefectural level have

99-413: A stereotype that corresponds to their inhabitants. The most recent administrative change have included the elevation of Hainan (1988) and Chongqing (1997) to provincial level status, and the creation of Hong Kong (1997) and Macau (1999) as Special administrative regions . Provincial level governments vary in details of organization: Prefectural level divisions or second-level divisions are

132-407: Is 萬 in traditional script and 万 in simplified form in both mainland China and Japanese ; its pronunciation varies between languages ( Mandarin : wàn , Hakka : wan , Minnan : bān , Cantonese : maan , Japanese and Korean : man , Vietnamese : vạn , Thai : หมื่น muen and Khmer : ម៉ឺន meun ). Because of this grouping into fours, higher orders of numbers are provided by

165-539: Is also infrequently used in English as the specific number 10,000. Owing to the possible confusion with the generic meaning of "large quantity", however, this is generally restricted to translation of other languages like ancient Greek and Chinese where numbers may be grouped into sets of 10,000 (myriads). Such use permits the translator to remain closer to the original text and avoid repeated and unwieldy mentions of "tens of thousands": for example, "the original number of

198-620: Is located in Wanzhou. It is used mostly for association football and also sometimes for athletics. One stand is covered with a roof. Wanzhou spans 30°24′−31°14′ N latitude and 107°55′−108°53′ E longitude, and is situated at the eastern edge of the Sichuan Basin . It reaches a maximal north–south extent of 67.25 km (41.79 mi) and east–west width of 97.25 km (60.43 mi), covering an area of 3,214 km (1,241 sq mi). Elevations range from 106 m (348 ft) in

231-449: Is most commonly used to mean "some large but unspecified number". It may be either an adjective or a noun : both "there are myriad people outside" and "there is a myriad of people outside" are in use. (There are small differences: the former could imply that it is a diverse group of people; the latter does not usually but could possibly indicate a group of exactly ten thousand.) The Merriam-Webster Dictionary notes that confusion over

264-529: Is no government on this level. As of 2017 , China administers 33 provincial-level regions, 334 prefecture-level divisions, 2,862 county-level divisions, 41,034 township-level administrations, and 704,382 basic-level autonomies. Each of the levels (except "special administrative regions") corresponds to a level in the Civil Service of the People's Republic of China . This table summarizes the divisions of

297-547: Is still largely used to mean 10,000 . 萬 and 万 are also frequently employed colloquially in expressions, clichés , and chengyu (idioms) in the senses of "vast", "numerous", "numberless", and "infinite". A skeleton key is a 万 能 钥 匙 ("myriad-use key"), the emperor was the "lord of myriad chariots " ( 萬乘之主 ), the Great Wall is called 万 里 长 城 ("Myriad- mile Long Wall"), Zhu Xi 's statement 月 映 万 川 ("the moon reflects in myriad rivers") had

330-481: Is technically the number 10,000 (ten thousand); in that sense, the term is used in English almost exclusively for literal translations from Greek , Latin or Sinospheric languages ( Chinese , Japanese , Korean , and Vietnamese ), or when talking about ancient Greek numerals . More generally, myriad may be used in colloquial vernaculars to imply an indefinitely large number . The Aegean numerals of

363-564: The myriaton appears in Isaac Asimov 's Foundation novel trilogy. In Modern Greek , the word "myriad" is rarely used to denote 10,000, but a million is ekatommyrio ( εκατομμύριο , lit. 'hundred myriad') and a thousand million is disekatommyrio ( δισεκατομμύριο , lit. 'twice hundred myriad'). In East Asia , the traditional numeral systems of China , Korea , and Japan are all decimal -based but grouped into ten thousands rather than thousands. The character for myriad

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396-787: The Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations included a single unit to denote tens of thousands. It was written with a symbol composed of a circle with four dashes 𐄫 . In Classical Greek numerals , myriad was written as a capital mu : Μ , as lower case letters did not exist in Ancient Greece. To distinguish this numeral from letters, it was sometimes given an overbar : M . Multiples were written above this sign, so that for example M δ ϕ π β {\displaystyle {\stackrel {\delta \phi \pi \beta }{\mathrm {M} }}} would equal 4,582×10,000 or 45,820,000. The etymology of

429-706: The Sinosphere , and "one billion" in English is " 十億 " (ten myllion ) or " 十萬萬 " (ten myriad myriad) in the Sinosphere. Unusually, Vietnam employs its former translation of 兆 , một triệu , to mean 1,000,000 rather than the Chinese figure. Similarly, the Chinese government has adapted the word 兆 to mean the scientific prefix mega- , but transliterations are used instead for giga- , tera- , and other larger prefixes. This has caused confusion in areas closely related to China such as Hong Kong and Macau , where 兆

462-488: The United States , the power of the central government was (with the exception of the military) not exercised through a parallel set of institutions until the early 1990s. The actual practical power of the provinces has created what some economists call " federalism with Chinese characteristics ". Most of the provinces , with the exception of those in the northeast , have boundaries which were established long ago in

495-506: The Yuan , Ming , and Qing dynasties. Sometimes provincial borders form cultural or geographical boundaries. This was an attempt by the imperial government to discourage separatism and warlordism through a divide and rule policy. Nevertheless, provinces have come to serve an important cultural role in China. People tend to be identified in terms of their native provinces, and each province has

528-419: The powers of 10,000 rather than 1,000: In China, 10,000 was 萬萬 in ancient texts but is now called 億 and sometimes written as 1,0000,0000; 10,000 is 1,0000,0000,0000 or 兆 ; 10,000 is 1,0000,0000,0000,0000 or 京 ; and so on. Conversely, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean generally do not have native words for powers of one thousand: what is called "one million" in English is "100 萬 " (100 myriad) in

561-421: The People's Republic of China provides for three levels: the provincial, the county level, and the township level. However, in practice, there are four levels of government: the provincial, the prefectural level, the county level, and the township level. Rural villages and urban communities are sometimes considered as the fifth level, however they are defined by the constitution as “basic level autonomies” and there

594-721: The annual mean is 17.95 °C (64.3 °F). The 4 primary subdivisions were 3 migration development areas (Longbao, Tiancheng, Wuqiao) and Jiangnan New District ( 江南新区 ). Now Wanzhou is subdivided into 92 township divisions are 16 sub-districts, 33 towns, and 43 townships (see Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China#Levels ). In 2000, the district included 32 towns, 45 townships, 14 sub-districts, and 1277 neighborhood and village committees. Wanzhou has three Yangtze River crossings . It has two railway stations: Wanzhou North offers high-speed service and Wanzhou offers infrequent conventional services. Myriad Myriad (from Ancient Greek μυριάς , myrias )

627-560: The area administered by the People's Republic of China as of June 2017 . The People's Republic of China (PRC) lays claims to 34 province-level divisions , including 22 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities, and 2 special administrative regions and 1 claimed province. Provinces are theoretically subservient to the PRC central government, but in practice, provincial officials have large discretion with regard to economic policy. Unlike

660-1442: The bible to denote "a very large undefinitive number". Administrative divisions of the People%27s Republic of China#Levels Provinces Autonomous regions Sub-provincial autonomous prefectures Autonomous prefectures Leagues (Aimag) (abolishing) Prefectures Provincial-controlled cities Provincial-controlled counties Autonomous counties County-level cities Districts Ethnic districts Banners (Hoxu) Autonomous banners Shennongjia Forestry District Liuzhi Special District Wolong Special Administrative Region Workers and peasants districts Ethnic townships Towns Subdistricts Subdistrict bureaux Sum Ethnic sum County-controlled districts County-controlled district bureaux (obsolete) Management committees Town-level city Areas Villages · Gaqa · Ranches Village Committees Communities Capital cities New areas Autonomous administrative divisions National Central Cities History: before 1912 , 1912–49 , 1949–present The administrative divisions of China have consisted of several levels since ancient times, due to China 's large population and geographical area. The constitution of China provides for three levels of government. However in practice, there are five levels of local government;

693-607: The counties formerly in Wanxian City, except Liangping and Chengkou, which were administered by Chongqing directly. On 22 May 1998, the State Council approved that the two areas named Wanxian were both renamed to Wanzhou. The migration development area later dissolved and its counties were directly controlled by Chongqing. On 19 July 2000, the district's administrative committees were changed to migration development areas. The 26,000-capacity Wanzhou Pailou Sports Stadium

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726-450: The crews supplied by the several nations I find to have been twenty-four myriads" and "What is the distance between one bridge and another? Twelve myriads of parasangs ". Most European languages include variations of "myriad" with similar meanings to the English word. Additionally, the prefix myria- indicating multiplication times ten thousand (×10 ), was part of the original metric system adopted by France in 1795. Although it

759-822: The prefectural Wanxian City ([万县市] Error: {{Lang}}: invalid parameter: |labels= ( help ) ). It was renamed to Wanzhou in late 1990s. It was part of Quren County of Ba Commandery ( 巴郡朐忍县 ) in the Qin dynasty . It became Yangqu County ( 羊渠县 ) in 216 (the Eastern Han dynasty ). In 230 (the Shu-Han Kingdom ), it was renamed to Nanpu ( 南浦县 ); in 553 (the Western Wei dynasty), to Yuquan ( 鱼泉县 ); in 557 ( Northern Zhou dynasty ), to Anxiang ( 安乡县 ); in 584, to Wanchuan ( 万川县 ); and in 598 ( Sui dynasty ), to Nanpu again. In 619 ( Tang dynasty ), Nanpu Commandery ( 南浦郡 )

792-610: The prefecture-level Wanxian City, which administered the districts of Longbao ( 龙宝区 ), Tiancheng ( 天城区 ), Wuqiao ( 五桥区 ) and the counties of Kai , Zhong , Liangping , Yunyang , Fengjie , Wushan , Wuxi , and Chengkou . The entire Wanxian City was merged into Chongqing on 20 December 1997. The merge necessitated the abolishment of Wanxian City and creation of Wanxian District and Wanxian Migration Development Area ( 移民开发区 ). Wanxian City's three districts were converted to administrative committees ( 管理委员会 , abbreviated 管委会 ) of Wanxian District. The migration development area included

825-577: The provincial (province, autonomous region, municipality, and special administrative region), prefecture, county, township, and village. Since the 17th century, provincial boundaries in China have remained largely static. Major changes since then have been the reorganisation of provinces in the northeast after the establishment of the People's Republic of China and the formation of autonomous regions , based on Soviet ethnic policies. The provinces serve an important cultural role in China, as people tend to identify with their native province. The Constitution of

858-872: The second level of the administrative structure. Most provinces are divided into only prefecture-level cities and contain no other second level administrative units. Of the 22 provinces and 5 autonomous regions, only 3 provinces ( Yunnan , Guizhou , Qinghai ) and 1 autonomous region ( Xinjiang ) have more than three second-level or prefectural-level divisions that are not prefecture-level cities. As of June 2020, there were 339 prefectural level divisions: As of August 18, 2015, there were 2,852 county-level divisions: The basic level autonomy serves as an organizational division (census, mail system) and does not have much importance in political representative power. Basic local divisions such as neighborhoods and communities are not informal, but have defined boundaries and elected heads (one per area): In urban areas, every subdistrict of

891-558: The sense of supporting greater empiricism in Chinese philosophy , and Ha Qiongwen's popular 1959 propaganda poster 毛 主席 万岁 , meaning "Long live Chairman Mao ", literally reads as "[May] Chairman Mao [live to be] 10,000 years old ". A similar term is the Old Turkic word tümän , whose variant forms remain in use for "ten thousand" among modern Mongolian , Turkish . According to Sir Gerard Clauson (1891–1974), it

924-707: The town of Tailong ( 太龙镇 ) to 1,762 m (5,781 ft) at Shaping Peak ( 沙坪峰 ) of the Qiyao Mountains ( 齐曜山 ). Bordering county-level divisions: Similar to the city proper of Chongqing, Wanzhou has a monsoon - humid subtropical climate ( Köppen Cwa ) with short, mild winters, and very hot, humid summers, and is in fact on average 0.5 °C (0.9 °F) warmer during the day. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from 7.0 °C (44.6 °F) in January to 28.3 °C (82.9 °F) in August, while

957-403: The use of myriad as a noun "seems to reflect a mistaken belief that the word was originally and is still properly only an adjective ... however, the noun is in fact the older form, dating to the 16th century. The noun myriad has appeared in the works of such writers as Milton (plural 'myriads') and Thoreau ('a myriad of'), and it continues to occur frequently in reputable English." "Myriad"

990-563: The word myriad itself is uncertain: it has been variously connected to PIE *meu- ("damp") in reference to the waves of the sea and to Greek myrmex ( μύρμηξ , "ant") in reference to their swarms. The largest number named in Ancient Greek was the myriad myriad (written MM ) or hundred million. In his Sand Reckoner , Archimedes of Syracuse used this quantity as the basis for a numeration system of large powers of ten, which he used to count grains of sand. In English, myriad

1023-500: Was established. In 625, the name was changed to Pu Prefecture ( 浦州 ), and in 634, to Wan Prefecture ( 万州 ; Wànzhōu ). In 1373 ( Yuan dynasty ), Wan was demoted to a county ( 万县 ; Wànxiàn ). In the 19th century, it was known in English as Wanhsien and Wan County. In 1935, it became Wanxian Prefecture ( 万县专区 ). On 12 December 1992, the State Council abolished Wanxian Prefecture and its subordinate Wanxian City and created

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1056-470: Was likely borrowed from Tokharian tmān , which may have been borrowed in turn from Old Chinese tman 萬 > wan . In Hebrew the word רבבה (pronounced "revava") means 10,000, and is the highest number represented in Hebrew. Its sources go back to biblical times. Its usage became very rare after the 19th century. The term 60 ריבוא ("60 ribo"), which literally stands for 600,000 is used several times in

1089-486: Was not retained after the 11th CGPM conference in 1960, myriameter is sometimes still encountered as a translation of the Scandinavian mile ( Swedish  & Norwegian :  mil ) of 10 kilometers (6.21 mi), or in some classifications of wavelengths as the adjective myriametric . The myriagramme (10 kg) was a French approximation of the avoirdupois quartier of 25 pounds (11 kg) and

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