Meanings
proper noun
alternative Nan-ch'ung
- A prefecture-level city of Sichuan, China.
Her mother had recently had minor surgery, so Qin decided it was a good time to leave the golf company and move back to her hometown of Nanchong, a city in Sichuan province some 200 km (125 miles) east of Chengdu.
2017 October 17, John Ruwitch, Anita Li, “Cash and coffee: a young woman's path in a changing China”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 07 May 2022, Regulatory News
Origin
- Mandarin南充
- EnglishNanchong
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 南充 (Nánchōng).
More words from Mandarin
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Chinese Mandarin 南充
- 南充 (Nánchōng)a prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China
Hungarian Nancsung
- Nancsunga prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China
Cite this entry
APA
Nanchong. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nanchong
MLA
“Nanchong.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nanchong. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nanchong,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nanchong.
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