·add. ·- An official having charge of a hsien, or administrative district, in China; a district magistrate, responsible for good order in his hsien (which see), and having jurisdiction in its civil and criminal cases.
·add. ·noun An administrative subdivision of a fu, or department, or of an independent chow; also, t...
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·add. ·- An official administering a prefecture of China; a prefect, supervising the civil business ...
·add. ·- A Chinese governor general; a tsung tu (which see). ...