Gangwei

Gang·wei
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proper noun

A town in Longhai, Zhangzhou, Fujian, China, formerly a township.

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Kang-wei

  1. A town in Longhai, Zhangzhou, Fujian, China, formerly a township.

    The Shenwo gneissic granite (DS-24-2) in the Gangwei area, south of Xiamen, belongs to the southern PDMB.

    2012 October, Qian Liu, Jin-Hai Yu, Qin Wang, Bin Su, Mei-Fu Zhou, Hai Xu, Xiang Cui, “Ages and geochemistry of granites in the Pingtan–Dongshan Metamorphic Belt, Coastal South China: New constraints on Late Mesozoic magmatic evolution”, in Lithos, volume 150, →DOI, →ISSN, page 277
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    Also on 30 April, Trawler No. 1107 of Jinyu Island, Gangwei Town, Longhai County, Zhangzhou City was fishing a few nautical miles off Penghu Island when it was forcibly towed away by a KMT gunboat. The 16 crew members on board were detained for seven days by the garrisoned troops and were only released on 8 May.

    1990 May 31 [1990 May 30], “Incidents of Kuomintang Troops Shooting at and Towing Away Fishing Boats Along the Coast of Fujian Province Occur Over and Over Again”, in Daily Report: China, number 105, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from China News Service, translation of original in Chinese, →ISSN, →OCLC, PRC Media on Taiwan Affairs, page 67, column 1

    An entrance guard clears mud at the gate of government of Gangwei Township in Longhai of Zhangzhou City, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 19, 2013.

    2013 July 20, “Cimaron brings heavy rains to Fujian”, in China Internet Information Center, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2013

    […]we left Amoy at Four, arrived near Kang Beh [Gangwei 港尾] at 5 1⁄2, and walked Sunday morning before breakfast to the hot springs;[…]

    2017, Koos Kuiper, quoting De Grijs, The Early Dutch Sinologists (1854-1900), Brill Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 188

    Synonyms: Chiang-wei

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA town in Longhai, Zhangzhou, Fujian, China, formerly a township.

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Origin

  1. Mandarin港尾
  2. EnglishGangwei

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 港尾 (Gǎngwěi).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 港尾
  • 港尾town in eastern China
Chinese Mandarin 港尾
  • 港尾 (Gǎngwěi)town in eastern China
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