Meanings
- A district of Tianjin, China.
The two blasts, which went off some time after 8pm, happened in the city’s Hedong district, home to over 900,000 people, including many ethnic minorities, according to Tianjin’s yearbook.
2023 June 14, Sylvie Zhuang, “3 dead after firework blasts hit apartment blocks in Chinese city of Tianjin; suspect detained”, in South China Morning Post (News), →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2023, Politics1 more example
Hedong district is still a work in progress but has large expansion plans in the future. It is a quiet area of the city and has many walking areas for browsing that include the 600 year old scholar tree and large copper bells.
五洲传播出版社
2010 May, Jeanie Carroll, “History and Modern Perspective”, in 厉静, editor, Tianjin Basics [精彩天津] (Travel), Beijing: China Intercontinental Press [五洲传播出版社], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 5
Origin
- Mandarin河東 /河东
- EnglishHedong
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 河東 /河东 (Hédōng).
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Chinese Cantonese 河東 /河东
- 河東 /河东district
Chinese Mandarin 河東 /河东
- 河東 /河东 (Hédōng)district
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Hedong. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hedong
“Hedong.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hedong. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hedong,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hedong.
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