Meanings
proper noun
- The central part of Shaanxi, China.
A man from Shaanzhong, Mr. Jia, sent a matchmaker to Ms. Lan and persuaded her to marry him in Wang's house.
2014, Songling Pu, “Jinse”, in Arthur Zhu, transl., The Painted Skin: Selected Stories from The Remarkable Stories Told at a Chinese Salon (Liao Zhai Zhi Yi), page 128
Origin
- Mandarin陝中 /陕中
- EnglishShaanzhong
From a modified form of the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 陝中 /陕中 following the pattern of Shaanxi.
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Chinese Mandarin 陝中 /陕中
- 陝中 /陕中region
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APA
Shaanzhong. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shaanzhong
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“Shaanzhong.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shaanzhong. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Shaanzhong,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shaanzhong.
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