Nanzheng

Nan·zheng
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proper noun

A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Nan-cheng

  1. A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.

    The Xinhua state news agency said the attack occurred at 8 a.m. at a kindergarten in Nanzheng County of Hanzhong City.

    2010 May 12, “7 Children Killed in School in China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 May 2010
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    The Shensi Provincial CCP Committee recently issued a circular on its decision to take disciplinary action against (Tung Han-lu), deputy director of the Nancheng County Culture and Education Bureau, for making mistakes in student enrollment.

    [1978 February 2 [1978 January 31], “Shensi CCP Committee Denounces Mistakes in Student Enrollment”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 23, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Sian Shensi Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Northwest Region, page M 4

    In November a district of Nanzheng County set a fixed increase in family income as an "economic prerequisite" for only-daughter families seeking permission to have a second child.

    1990, John S. Aird, Slaughter of the Innocents: Coercive Birth Control in China, Washington, D.C.: AEI Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 181

    Eleven children were wounded in the attack soon after the school day started in Nanzheng county, a rural corner of Shaanxi province, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

    2021 March 19, Chris Buckley, Huang Yan, “Nine killed in latest China school rampage”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 07 May 2022, World News

Origin

  1. Mandarin南鄭 /南郑
  2. EnglishNanzheng

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 南鄭 /南郑.

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 南鄭 /南郑
  • 南鄭 /南郑county
Chinese Mandarin 南鄭 /南郑
  • 南鄭 /南郑county
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