Fangcheng

Fang·cheng
F4A1N1G2C3H4E1N1G2

proper noun

A county of Nanyang, Henan, China.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

Fangcheng1

proper noun
  1. A county of Nanyang, Henan, China.

    Chang Shih-chih,⁷¹ whose style was Chi, was a native of Che-yang⁷² of the Nan-yang commandery.

    [1972 [Eastern Han], Hsün Yüeh, “Supported by Elder Brother”, in T’ung-tsu Ch’ü, transl., edited by Jack L. Dull, Han Social Structure, Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, sourced from 漢紀 50:1a SPTK ed., translation of original in Chinese, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 266–267
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    The raid was conducted in a village about 27 miles south of Fangcheng, a city in Henan province in central China.

    1994 February 16, Daniel Southerl, “CHINESE DETAIN 7 CHRISTIAN ACTIVISTS -- 3 FROM U.S.”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2023

    Quan Zhaoquan remembers that period well. A resident of Guan Zhuang village in Yangji Township, in Henan’s Fangcheng County, he was the village leader in 1968, a position frequently targeted by Red Guards looking for “capitalist-roaders,” as followers of Mao’s political target Liu Shaoqi were often called.

    2003, David Aikman, Jesus in Beijing: How Christianity is Transforming China and Changing the Global Balance of Power, Regnery Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 75

    Guangdong Chant Group Inc. : * Says it signed biomass power project with investment at about 320 million yuan in Fangcheng County, Henan Province

    2016 November 23, “BRIEF-Guangdong Chant Group signs biomass power project, investment about 320 mln yuan”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 24 Nov 2016, Consumer Goods and Retail

Fangcheng2

proper noun
  1. A district of Fangchenggang, Guangxi autonomous region, China.

    The agency also said there was an attack in Fangcheng County in Guanxi^([sic – meaning Guangxi]) Province and artillery fire directed against Yunnan Province

    1979 August 25, “China Accuses Vietnam of Raids And Artillery Attack Near Border”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2018, page 4
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    Finally, at the beginning of September, the commanders of the two companies of Kwangsi troops defending the unwalled district city of Fang-ch’eng, west of Ch’in-chou, abruptly defected to the revolutionary side. Why they defected is not clear. A native of Kwangsi himself, Wang may have played upon their common provincial ties; or he may have bribed them. In any case, with their help, Wang Ho-shun and several hundred followers captured Fang-ch’eng without a fight on September 3.

    [1975, Edward J. M. Rhoads, “Middle Years of the Post-Boxer Decade, II: Revolution”, in China's Republican Revolution: The Case of Kwangtung, 1895–1913, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 115

Origin

Fangcheng · proper noun

  1. Mandarin方城
  2. EnglishFangcheng

From Mandarin 方城.

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Fangcheng · proper noun

  1. Mandarin防城
  2. EnglishFangcheng

From Mandarin 防城 (Fángchéng).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 防城
  • 防城district
Chinese Mandarin 方城, 防城
  • 方城county
  • 防城 (Fángchéng)district

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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