Shapingba

Sha·ping·ba
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proper noun

A district of Chongqing, China.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A district of Chongqing, China.

    One day I called on a cousin of mine who teaches at the Chongqing Normal College, about 20 miles from downtown. The district, known as Shapingba, has a concentration of eight universities and colleges.

    1979 May, Gerald Chen, “'Pilgrimage' to Sichuan”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XVIII, number 5, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11, column 2
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    The Institute is re-orienting its program and will endeavor to carry on its training and research along lines originally planned for, though modified by such exigencies as the present national crisis has brought forth. Communications with the Institute may be directed to Shapingpa, Chungking, China.

    [1938 December, “Current Items”, in American Sociological Review, volume 3, number 6, American Sociological Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 879

    In the movement to criticize Lin and Confucius, they have seriously read Marxist-Leninist works and Chairman Mao's works. Little Red Soldiers of (Shapingpa) district of Chungking have studied the party's basic line, Chairman Mao's "On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People" and 7 May directive, and the three main rules of discipline and eight points for attention.

    [1974 June 4 [1974 May 31], “Szechwan Little Red Soldiers Join in Criticism of Lin, Confucius”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 108, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Chengtu Szechwan Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Southwest Region, page J 1

    The tragedy came during a promotion to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of the store in Shapingba district in southwest China. People began queuing in the early hours of Saturday to buy the cooking oil, said Gao Chang, a spokesman for the Shapingba district government.

    2007 November 10, “Three killed in stampede in China supermarket”, in Giles Elgood, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2022, World News

Origin

  1. Mandarin沙坪垻 /沙坪坝
  2. EnglishShapingba

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 沙坪垻 /沙坪坝 (Shāpíngbà).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 沙坪垻 /沙坪坝
  • 沙坪垻 /沙坪坝 (saa¹ ping⁴ baa³)district
Chinese Mandarin 沙坪垻 /沙坪坝
  • 沙坪垻 /沙坪坝 (Shāpíngbà)district
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APA

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

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Chicago

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