Shangdang

Shang·dang
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proper noun

A district of Changzhi, Shanxi, China.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A district of Changzhi, Shanxi, China.

    Dang Shen (Radix Codonopsis). Dang Shen comes from the Shangdang district of Shanxi province of China. There are two types, the wild type and the cultivated type.

    2001, Xiangcai Xu, “Practical Chinese Materia Medica for Healthcare”, in Traditional Chinese Health Secrets: The Essential Guide to Harmonious Living, Boston, Mass.: YMAA Publication Center, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 42
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    (2) The city 's evaluation value was 0.75, the overall carrying capacity is strong. In each county, the maximum evaluation value is 0.85 in Wuxiang County, and the minimum is 0.46 in Shangdang District. Most counties have strong carrying capacity, and there was a local contradiction between supply and demand in Luzhou District and Shangdang District.

    2021, Fucui Li, Kai Niu, “Evaluation of water resources carrying capacity in Changzhi City Based on Analytic Hierarchy Process”, in Earth and Environmental Science, volume 692, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2022, page 8

Origin

  1. Mandarin上黨 /上党
  2. EnglishShangdang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 上黨 /上党 (Shàngdǎng).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 上黨 /上党
  • 上黨 /上党 (soeng⁶ dong²)district
Chinese Mandarin 上黨 /上党
  • 上黨 /上党 (Shàngdǎng)district
Japanese 上党
  • 上党 (Jōtō)district
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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