Gongqingcheng

Gong·qing·cheng
G2O1N1G2Q10I1N1G2C3H4E1N1G2

proper noun

A sub-prefectural city of Jiangxi, China, formerly administered by Jiujiang City.

Scrabble 31

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Kung-ch'ing-ch'eng

  1. A sub-prefectural city of Jiangxi, China, formerly administered by Jiujiang City.

    Hu Yaobang was officially rehabilitated on the ninetieth anniversary of his birth in 2005 and his mausoleum in China Youth League City (Gongqingcheng) in Jiangxi province was spruced up.

    2010, Bruce Gilley, “Deng Xiaoping and His Successors (1976 to the present)”, in William A. Joseph, editor, Politics in China: An Introduction, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 114
    2 more examples

    At Mr. Hu’s grave in Gongqingcheng in Jiangxi province, about a thousand mourners paid their respects Monday morning alone, said a tour guide, Tong Lihong, according to the China News Service.

    2013 April 16, Didi Kirsten Tatlow, “Cautious Call for Political Reform in China”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Mar 2023

    While there were no official commemorative events for the icon of political reform, whose death sparked the 1989 pro-democracy movement and subsequent military crackdown, the anniversary was marked in a memorial in Gongqingcheng, Jiangxi province.

    2019 April 15, Guo Rui, “Communist Party reformer Hu Yaobang remembered in low-key ceremony”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Apr 2019, Politics

Origin

  1. Mandarin共青城
  2. EnglishGongqingcheng

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 共青城 (Gòngqīngchéng, literally “China Youth League City”).

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Chinese Cantonese 共青城
  • 共青城 (gung⁶ cing¹ sing⁴)sub-prefecture-level city in Jiangxi
Chinese Mandarin 共青城
  • 共青城 (Gòngqīngchéng)sub-prefecture-level city in Jiangxi
Cite this entry
APA

Gongqingcheng. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gongqingcheng

MLA

“Gongqingcheng.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gongqingcheng. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gongqingcheng,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gongqingcheng.

Source: Gongqingcheng on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.