Meanings
Fangcheng1
- 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 266–2673 more examples
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 2023Quan 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 75Guangdong 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
- 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 41 more example
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
- Mandarin方城
- EnglishFangcheng
From Mandarin 方城.
More words from Mandarin
Full word history & related roots →Fangcheng · proper noun
- Mandarin防城
- EnglishFangcheng
From Mandarin 防城 (Fángchéng).
More words from Mandarin
Full word history & related roots →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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Fangcheng. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fangcheng
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