Dexing

De·xing
D2E1X8I1N1G2

proper noun

A county-level city of Shangrao, Jiangxi, China.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Tehsing

  1. A county-level city of Shangrao, Jiangxi, China.

    The Dexing porphyry copper and Yinshan polymetallic deposits in Dexing City, southeastern China are both giant porphyry ore systems.

    2014, Xuan Liu, Hong-rui Fan, Noreen J. Evans, Geoffrey E. Batt, Brent I. A. McInnes, Kui-feng Yang, Ke-zhang Qin, “Cooling and exhumation of the mid-Jurassic porphyry copper systems in Dexing City, SE China: insights from geo- and thermochronology”, in Mineralium Deposita, volume 49, →DOI
    1 more example

    The leading gold producer in China, China Gold Group, signed an agreement with Jiangxi Geology Survey Bureau to acquire 50% of the Shiwu Gold Mine and the prospecting rights for the Zhulinxi deposit in the Jinshan gold prospecting area in Dexing City, Jiangxi Province.

    2005, Pui-Kwan Tse, 2005 Minerals Yearbook: China, Reston, Virginia: United States Geological Survey, page 9.7, column 1

Origin

  1. Mandarin德興 /德兴
  2. EnglishDexing

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 德興 /德兴 (Déxīng).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 德興 /德兴
  • 德興 /德兴 (dak¹ hing¹)county-level city
Chinese Mandarin 德興 /德兴
  • 德興 /德兴 (Déxīng)county-level city
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