Shangrao

Shang·rao
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proper noun

A prefecture-level city of Jiangxi, China.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Shangjao · alternative Shang-jao

  1. A prefecture-level city of Jiangxi, China.

    However, can we step up ideological education among delinquents who commit ordinary offenses for the first time as they will correct their behaviors? The experiences of Shangrao Municipality in this respect merit our attention.

    1979 August 24 [1979 August 21], “We Must Attach Importance To Educating and Reforming Youngsters Who Violate the Law and Commit Crimes”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 166, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Nanchang Jiangxi Provincial Service and Jiangxi Ribao, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: East Region, page O 1
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    According to an account on the Twitter-like platform Weibo that first shared the video, the owners had been sent to hotel quarantine along with other residents of their neighborhood in the city of Shangrao, in Jiangxi Province.

    2021 November 14, Austin Ramzy, “A video of decontamination workers clubbing a pet corgi stirs anger in China.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Nov 2021, Asia Pacific
  2. A county of Shangrao, Jiangxi, China.

    Within five days, about 400 villagers in Shangrao county in Jiangxi province volunteered to use excavators to smash their own coffins under the watch of local officials last Sunday, it stated.

    2018 April 20, Louise Moon, “Elderly Chinese paid for destroying their own coffins to be burned as fuel”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2018, Society

Origin

  1. Mandarin上饒 /上饶
  2. EnglishShangrao

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 上饒 /上饶 (Shàngráo).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 上饒 /上饶
  • 上饒 /上饶 (soeng⁶ jiu⁴)prefecture-level city in eastern China
Chinese Mandarin 上饒 /上饶
  • 上饒 /上饶 (Shàngráo)prefecture-level city in eastern China
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APA

Shangrao. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shangrao

MLA

“Shangrao.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shangrao. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Shangrao,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shangrao.

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