Meanings
alternative Shaokuan · alternative Shao-kuan
- A prefecture-level city of Guangdong, China.
The region has been simmering since a factory brawl in the southern Chinese city Shaoguan last month that killed two Uighurs.
2009 July 7, Disha Uppal, “Tension Remains High in Xinjiang”, in Anne Thomas, editor, Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 28 Jan 20241 more example
The transfers began in the early 2000s, and by the first half of 2009, nearly 100,000 Uyghur workers had been sent east under this programme. Several hundred of them were working from May 2009 in the Xuri Toy Factory in Shaoguan, Guangdong, a facility that made toys for Hasboro, Mattel and other international companies.
2007, James A. Millward, Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang, London: Hurst & Company, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 368Synonyms: Shiukwan
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA prefecture-level city of Guangdong, China.
Origin
- Mandarin韶關 /韶关
- EnglishShaoguan
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 韶關 /韶关 (Sháoguān).
More words from Mandarin
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Chinese Cantonese 韶關 /韶关
- 韶關 /韶关 (siu⁴ gwaan¹)prefecture-level city in Guangdong
Chinese Mandarin 韶關 /韶关
- 韶關 /韶关 (Sháoguān)prefecture-level city in Guangdong
Cite this entry
Shaoguan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shaoguan
“Shaoguan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shaoguan. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Shaoguan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shaoguan.
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