Mangshi

Mang·shi
M3A1N1G2S1H4I1

proper noun

A county-level city of Dehong, Yunnan, China.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A county-level city of Dehong, Yunnan, China.
    1 more example

    The court document pronouncing Mr. Xie's death sentence said he and three other men were caught smuggling 80 pounds of pure heroin hidden in a tea shipment from Yunnan to Fujian, on China's east coast. His last words to his wife, sealed in a letter delivered to her outside the crematory in Mangshi, were, "Take care of our daughter and try to avoid heavy work in the fields."

    1995 November 15, Patrick E. Tyler, “China Battles a Spreading Scourge of Illicit Drugs”, in The New York Times (Section A section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 May 2015, page 1

Origin

  1. Mandarin芒市
  2. EnglishMangshi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 芒市 (Mángshì).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 芒市
  • 芒市county-level city
Chinese Mandarin 芒市
  • 芒市 (Mángshì)county-level city

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APA

Mangshi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mangshi

MLA

“Mangshi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mangshi. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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