Changxing

Chang·xing
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/(ˈ)t͡ʃæŋˈʃɪŋ/

proper noun

A county of Huzhou, Zhejiang, China.

Scrabble 23

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A county of Huzhou, Zhejiang, China.

    An inflatable swimming pool in a gated community in Changxing County, Zhejiang Province, during a heat wave last week.

    2022 August 18, Tiffany May, Joy Dong, “Factory Shutdowns, Showers for Pigs: China’s Heat Wave Strains Economy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2022, Extreme Weather
    1 more example

    To Huchow[…] Next morning I got an early start and, going north into Changhsing county, cut inland towards the Anhwei border to Wushan Commune, going through the hills for some time, and then coming to a wide canal along which a motor launch took me to the commune headquarters situated in a pleasant village up on the canal bank.

    中国见闻

    [1973, Rewi Alley, “Chekiang”, in Travels in China, 1966-71 [中国见闻], Peking: New World Press, →OCLC, page 454

Origin

  1. Mandarin長興 /长兴
  2. EnglishChangxing

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 長興 /长兴 (Chángxīng).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 長興 /长兴
  • 長興 /长兴 (coeng⁴ hing¹)county
Chinese Mandarin 長興 /长兴
  • 長興 /长兴 (Chángxīng)county
Cite this entry
APA

Changxing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Changxing

MLA

“Changxing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Changxing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Changxing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Changxing.

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