Shangjie

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proper noun

A district of Zhengzhou, Henan, China.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A district of Zhengzhou, Henan, China.

    A cousin of his was a bank manager in the Shangjie area of Zhengzhou, and in the early 1980s Zhang went there in search of work opportunities.

    Huang He Biande Zhongguo

    2005 [2000], Jinqing Cao, “An economically important town — Chenliu”, in Nicky Harman, Huang Ruhua, transl., China Along the Yellow River: Reflections on rural society [Huang He Biande Zhongguo], RoutledgeCurzon, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 74-75
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    After 1956, insofar as published accounts are concerned, archaeological work at the Shang sites in Cheng-chou became less intensive though still persistent. The only accounts have dealt with excavations at Shang-chieh 上街 in 1957-59,¹⁵¹ Ming-kung-lu West in 1965,¹⁵² a palace foundation site in 1973 and 1974,¹⁵³ and Chang-chai-nan-chieh 張寨南街 in 1974.¹⁵⁴

    [1980, Kwang-chih Chang, “Prolegomena: Five Doors to Shang”, in Shang Civilization, Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 54

    Shangjie District, known as the "capital of aluminum", is situated in the economic golden triangle in the Central Plains. It is 37 km to the west of Zhengzhou City and the first industrial satellite town of Zhengzhou City[…]

    Xinhua

    1999, 中国新兴城市: 河南卷, volume 2, 新华出版社 [Xinhua], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 20, column 2

    On the 18th of November 2003, China Aluminum Company Henan Branch held a foundation ceremony solemnly at Shangjie District of Zhengzhou, called the Aluminium City of China.

    2005, Aluminium, volume 81, numbers 7-12, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 674

Origin

  1. Mandarin上街
  2. EnglishShangjie

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 上街 (Shàngjiē).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 上街
  • 上街 (Shàngjiē)district
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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