Meanings
Dongsheng1
alternative Tung-sheng
- A district of Ordos, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China.
In empty showrooms of Dongsheng, Ordos' old city, saleswomen immediately offer 30 percent price discounts if a buyer is willing to pay for a property upfront and in cash.
2011 December 2, Lucy Hornby, Langi Chiang, “China's Ordos property bust offers warning sign”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2024, World2 more examples
Most villages subscribe to local newspapers, but when they arrive their contents are no longer news; it takes seven days to deliver newspaper from the League centre, Dongsheng, and more than 20 days for newspapers to arrive from outside the area.
1999, Hong Jiang, “Human driving forces of environmental change”, in The Ordos Plateau of China: An Endangered Environment, United Nations University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 80In 2006, the headquarters of the local government was moved to Kangbashi from the Dongsheng District, 20 miles north; bus service between Kangbashi and Dongsheng was allegedly cut off so that Ordos’s public officials would be forced to take up residence in the new town.
2015 March 6, Jody Rosen, “The Colossal Strangeness of China’s Most Excellent Tourist City”, in T: The New York Times Style Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Sep 2015
Dongsheng2
Origin
Dongsheng · proper noun
- Mandarin東勝 /东胜
- EnglishDongsheng
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for the Mandarin 東勝 /东胜 (Dōngshèng).
More words from Mandarin
Full word history & related roots →Dongsheng · proper noun
- Mandarin東升 /东升
- EnglishDongsheng
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for the Mandarin 東升 /东升 (Dōngshēng).
More words from Mandarin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 東勝 /东胜, 東升 /东升
- 東勝 /东胜district
- 東升 /东升town and village in central China
Chinese Mandarin 東勝 /东胜, 東升 /东升
- 東勝 /东胜 (Dōngshèng)district
- 東升 /东升 (Dōngshēng)town and village in central China
Cite this entry
Dongsheng. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dongsheng
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