Meanings
- A sub-prefectural city of Hainan, China.
The company said the project would be located in Dongfang in its home island province of Hainan, in southern China, and would produce 20,000 tonnes per year of lithium hydroxide, a chemical favoured in lithium-rich EV batteries.
2021 August 23, Tom Daly, “Chinese iron ore miner to invest $164 million in lithium production”, in David Holmes, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2021, COMMODITIES1 more example
Comrade (Lin Wang-ching), former secretary of the control committee of the Hainan Regional CCP Committee, died in Tungfang County on 12 July 1967 as a result of persecution by the counterrevolutionary revisionist line of Lin Piao and the gang of four. A memorial service was held for him in Haikow on 12 December.
[1978 December 19 [1978 December 15], “Hainan Holds Memorial Service for Persecuted Local Official”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 244, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Haikow Hainan Island Regional Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, Central-South Region, page H 9
Origin
- Mandarin東方 /东方
- EnglishDongfang
From Mandarin 東方 /东方 (Dōngfāng).
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Chinese Cantonese 東方 /东方
- 東方 /东方sub-prefectural city
Chinese Mandarin 東方 /东方
- 東方 /东方 (Dōngfāng)sub-prefectural city
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Dongfang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dongfang
“Dongfang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dongfang. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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