Shahekou

S1H4A1H4E1K5O1U1

proper noun

A district of Dalian, Liaoning, China.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Sha-ho-k'ou

  1. A district of Dalian, Liaoning, China.

    Voters of the No. 3 Zone of Xinggong Street of Shahekou District of Luda (now Dalian) are looking at the List of Voters. (1953).

    2012, The Strength of Democracy: How will the CPC march ahead, China Intercontinental Press [五洲传播出版社], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 98
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    (b) Railway Workshops: The company, on its formation, took over from the Government a workshop at Dairen¹ Station. This was temporarily repaired to meet immediate needs pending the erection of the new workshops in contemplation. The latter were erected at Shahokou,² near Dairen,¹ the work being commenced toward the end of 1908 and completed on August 9, 1911.

    [1920, “South Manchuria Railway Company and its Work”, in Economic History of Manchuria, Seoul, Chosen, →OCLC, page 103

    As a further example, the main products of the Dalian Rolling Stock Plant, located in Shahekou District of Dalian City, were diesel locomotives, cars and railway fittings.

    1988, Yu Bo, Xu Hong Yan, “Analysis of ten workers' colleges”, in Adult Higher Education: A Case Study on the Workers' Colleges in the People's Republic of China, Paris: Unesco, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 53

    Fan Guiying, a working woman residing in Minquanfang neighborhood of Shahekou District, Dalian, got rid of illiteracy after one year of learning.

    中国教育:改革与创新

    2002, Xiaohuan [苏晓环] Su, translated by 陈耕 [Chen Geng], Education in China: Reforms and Innovations [中国教育:改革与创新] (China Basics Series (Contemporary Volume)), Beijing: China Intercontinental Press [五洲传播出版社], →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 103

Origin

  1. Mandarin沙河口
  2. EnglishShahekou

From Mandarin 沙河口 (Shāhékǒu).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 沙河口
  • 沙河口 (Shāhékǒu)district in northeast China
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