Gaocheng

Gao·cheng
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proper noun

A town in Sui, Suizhou, Hubei, in central China.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

Gaocheng1

proper noun

alternative Kao-ch'eng

  1. A town in Sui, Suizhou, Hubei, in central China.

Gaocheng2

proper noun

alternative Kao-ch'eng

  1. A district of Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.

    A farmer plants seeds in a corn field at a farm in Gaocheng, Hebei province, China, September 30, 2015.

    2021 August 27, David Stanway, “China's total arable land shrinks nearly 6% from 2009-2019 - survey”, in Krishna Chandra Eluri, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 27 Aug 2021, China
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    It has been shown that remains of Erh-li-kang type occur throughout the region that was to become the Shang capital in the dynasty's final centuries, in Tz'u Hsien, Han-tan, and Hsing-t'ai. Further north, an important Shang site was found near T'ai-hsi-ts'un 台西村, west of Kao-ch'eng, near Shih-chia-chuang, and excavated in 1965,³ 1972,⁴ and 1973.⁵

    [1980, Kwang-chih Chang, Shang Civilization, Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 290

    More than 20,000 citizens from 12 villages in the Gaocheng District of the Chinese city of Shijiangzhuang have been relocated to quarantine sites as a preventative measure against Covid-19, according to Chinese state media.

    2021 January 14, “More than 20,000 Chinese villagers are moved to quarantine sites as a preventative measure”, in CNN, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2021

Origin

Gaocheng · proper noun

  1. Mandarin高城
  2. EnglishGaocheng

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 高城 (Gāochéng).

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Gaocheng · proper noun

  1. Mandarin藁城
  2. EnglishGaocheng

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 藁城 (Gǎochéng).

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Chinese Cantonese 高城, 藁城
  • 高城a town in central China
  • 藁城district
Chinese Mandarin 高城, 藁城
  • 高城 (Gāochéng)a town in central China
  • 藁城 (Gǎochéng)district
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gaocheng,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gaocheng.

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