(definition) by Webster 1913 Mon Jan 23 2006 at 14:12:43

Chih" fu` (?). [Chin. chih fu, lit., (He who) knows (the) prefecture.]

An official administering a prefecture of China; a prefect, supervising the civil business of the hsiens or districts comprised in his fu (which see).

 

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