Meanings
alternative Ch'ang-yang
- A Tujia autonomous county in Yichang, Hubei, China.
CHIN HSIANG-KUAN is a barefoot doctor in the Tuchiatsun brigade, Loyuan commune, Changyang county, Hupeh province. He is also a member of both the Fourth and Fifth National People’s Congresses.
1978 October, Hsiang-Kuan Chin, “A Barefoot Doctor Describes His Work”, in Medical Care for China's Millions, Peking, →OCLC, page 82 more examples
The following is a list of names in colloquial use at Ichang and in the mountainous region to the south, indicated by “Patung,” in which district and that of Changyang I have had a native collecting for the past three years.
1888, Augustine Henry, “Chinese Names of Plants”, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, volume XXII, Shanghai, page 233For example, a post dated May 4 on the official WeChat account of the Changyang Tujia Autonomous County police force said the company attracted new “members” by claiming they could earn rebates by spending a certain amount of money.
2023 May 17, Wynna Wong, “Hong Kong shopping spree for 2,000-strong mainland China tour group as some locals complain about disturbance to daily life”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 May 2023, Hong Kong economy
Origin
- Mandarin長陽 /长阳
- EnglishChangyang
From Mandarin 長陽 /长阳 (Chángyáng).
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Chinese Cantonese 長陽 /长阳
- 長陽 /长阳Tujia autonomous county in central China
Chinese Mandarin 長陽 /长阳
- 長陽 /长阳 (Chángyáng)Tujia autonomous county in central China
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Changyang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Changyang
“Changyang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Changyang. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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