Sangzhi

Sang·zhi
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proper noun

A county of Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A county of Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China.

    Steep sandstone ravines carve across Sangzhi county, a part of Hunan province with little industry or even agriculture. But multistory homes with faux-European balustrades line county road 420. They are the rewards of laboring in cities like Shenzhen — and monuments to the human cost.

    2019 December 15, Gerry Shih, “They built a Chinese boomtown. It left them dying of lung disease with nowhere to turn.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Dec 2019, Asia & Pacific

Origin

  1. Mandarin桑植
  2. EnglishSangzhi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 桑植 (Sāngzhí).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 桑植
  • 桑植county
Chinese Mandarin 桑植
  • 桑植 (Sāngzhí)county
Cite this entry
APA

Sangzhi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sangzhi

MLA

“Sangzhi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sangzhi. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sangzhi,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sangzhi.

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