Meanings
proper noun
- A county of Xingtai, Hebei, China.
In October 2016, my research assistant went back home to Hebei province's Guangzong county to interview her fellow villagers who had conducted ghost marriages before.
2020 May-August, Chris K. K. Tan, “The Macabre Affective Labor of Cadavers in Chinese Ghost Marriages”, in Made In China, volume 5, number 2, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 120, column 1
Origin
- Mandarin廣宗 /广宗
- EnglishGuangzong
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 廣宗 /广宗 (Guǎngzōng).
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Chinese Cantonese 廣宗 /广宗
- 廣宗 /广宗 (gwong² zung¹)county
Chinese Mandarin 廣宗 /广宗
- 廣宗 /广宗 (Guǎngzōng)county
Cite this entry
APA
Guangzong. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Guangzong
MLA
“Guangzong.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Guangzong. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Guangzong,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Guangzong.
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