Meanings
alternative Hungtse · alternative Hung-tse
- A district of Huai'an, Jiangsu, China.
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Earlier this month, hundreds of aggrieved parents gathered outside the government office in Jinhu County, in the eastern province of Jiangsu, demanding an explanation for why 145 infants had been administered expired doses of the polio vaccine.[…] This month after the scandal in Jinhu, a video circulated on Weibo and WeChat showing a meeting with local officials and residents from a neighboring district, Hongze.
2019 January 30, Yanzhong Huang, “If a Government Can’t Deliver Safe Vaccines for Children, Is It Fit to Rule?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Jan 2019, Opinion
Origin
- Mandarin洪澤 /洪泽
- EnglishHongze
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 洪澤 /洪泽 (Hóngzé), bestowed on the lake by Emperor Yang of Sui in 616 out of pleasure encountering rain after an inspection tour through drought-afflicted areas.
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Chinese Cantonese 洪澤湖 /洪泽湖, 洪澤 /洪泽
- 洪澤湖 /洪泽湖 (hung⁴ zaak⁶ wu⁴)lake
- 洪澤 /洪泽district
Chinese Mandarin 洪澤湖 /洪泽湖, 洪澤 /洪泽
- 洪澤湖 /洪泽湖 (Hóngzé hú)lake
- 洪澤 /洪泽 (Hóngzé)district
Japanese 洪沢湖, 洪沢
- 洪沢湖 (Kōtaku Ko)lake
- 洪沢 (Kōtaku)district
Cite this entry
Hongze. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hongze
“Hongze.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hongze. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hongze,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hongze.
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