Meanings
- A district of Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
In Shenzhen’s Futian district, on the ninth floor of a concrete tower, there is an open-air sales floor that works as a sort of corporate embassy for the social network.
2019 February 7, Paul Mozur, Lin Qiqing, “How Facebook’s Tiny China Sales Floor Helps Generate Big Ad Money”, in The New York Times (Technology section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Feb 20191 more example
The spectacle, which took place Nov. 29 in the Shenzhen district of Futian, was in many ways unremarkable for a nation in which wrongdoers have long been subject to public humiliation.
2006 December 9, Edward Cody, “Public Shaming of Prostitutes Misfires in China”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 May 2024
Origin
- Mandarin福田
- EnglishFutian
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 福田 (Fútián).
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Chinese Cantonese 福田
- 福田 (fuk¹ tin⁴)district
Chinese Mandarin 福田
- 福田 (Fútián)district
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Futian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Futian
“Futian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Futian. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Futian,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Futian.
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