Meanings
alternative Ma-ch'eng
- A county-level city of Huanggang, Hubei, China.
A Chinese Communique reports that the Japanese have captured Macheng in eastern Hupeh.
1943 January 4, “JAPS CAPTURE MACHENG”, in The Bombay Chronicle, volume XXXI, number 2, Bombay, page 12 more examples
Hoangcheu commands over nine Cities, as Hoangcheu, Lotien, Maching, Hoangpi, Hoanggan, Kixui, Ki, Hoangmui, Hoangci.
[1669 [1665], John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, translation of original in Dutch, →OCLC, page 14The minibus was hit by a truck loaded with bricks in Macheng in Hubei province, Xinhua said. Fourteen children were injured.
2007 May 28, “China bus plunge kills seven children”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 10 May 2022, Latest Crisis
Origin
- Mandarin麻城
- EnglishMacheng
The Postal Map romanization romanization of the Mandarin 麻城 (Máchéng).
More words from Mandarin
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Chinese Cantonese 麻城
- 麻城a county-level city in central China; a town in central China
Chinese Mandarin 麻城
- 麻城 (Máchéng)a county-level city in central China; a town in central China
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Macheng. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Macheng
“Macheng.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Macheng. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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