Meanings
- A district of Haikou, Hainan, China.
The most famous exile was Hai Rui, a Ming dynasty mandarin who hailed, like Charlie Soong, from Qiongshan county, east of Haikou.
1986 January 19, John F. Burns, “SURF AND SAND IN CHINA”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2009, Travel, page 211 more example
The Qiongshan district public security bureau branch made the announcement on its Weibo account and said it had launched an investigation into the officers, but did not reveal how many had been suspended.
2018 July 26, Danny Mok, “Mainland Chinese police officers suspended over mishandling of Hong Kong director Sharon Lam’s attempted rape report against trainee pilot”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Nov 2024, Crime in China
Origin
- Mandarin瓊山 /琼山
- EnglishQiongshan
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 瓊山 /琼山 (Qióngshān).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 瓊山 /琼山
- 瓊山 /琼山district
Chinese Mandarin 瓊山 /琼山
- 瓊山 /琼山 (Qióngshān)district
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Qiongshan
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