Shenyang

Shen·yang
S1H4E1N1Y4A1N1G2
/ʃɛnˈjæŋ/

proper noun

A subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Liaoning, in northeastern China.

Less commonScrabble 15

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Shen-yang · alternative Shênyang

  1. A subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Liaoning, in northeastern China.

    We are reasonably sure that Li is still alive in Shenyang, but there is no denying that he is now a very questionable figure.

    1975 January 5, L. Chen, “Bomb planted by Wang Hung-wen?”, in Free China Weekly, volume XVI, number 1, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3
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    The northeastern city of Shenyang has become one of the country's chief machine building centers and plants there include one for making pneumatic mining tools and three for various types of machine tools. Also in Shenyang is a new plant that builds blast furnaces and openhearths, with the destination of Anshan.

    1958 August 7, Robert Westgate, “China's Industrial Target: To Overtake Britain in 15 Years”, in The Iron Age, volume 182, number 6, page 43

    I know of no industrial unit outside Lushun and Talien that was able to conclude a contract of such comprehensiveness as the glass factory and even in Shenyang where production was rapidly restored and where there were many advanced industrial enterprises, it was felt that the Lushun-Talien model was too comprehensive and of too high a standard to serve as a model for its own collective contracts.

    1976, William Brugger, Democracy & organisation in the Chinese industrial enterprise (1948-1953), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 168

    Shenyang is a sprawling industrial and financial center, the largest city in northeastern China, with a reputation as the region’s crime capital. The city was overrun with violent gangs and controlled by corrupt public officials who were regularly purged by the government in Beijing, only to be replaced by new ones. The developers Hongwei knew in Shenyang were all gangsters, and when they weren't making shady deals, they were spending their nights in private gambling parlors.

    2015, Yeonmi Park, Maryanne Vollers, “Kidnapped”, in In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom (Non-fiction), Penguin Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 169

    China’s continuing strict coronavirus controls have battered local economies across the country. But Shenyang has endured a double blow. Just 150 miles from the North Korean border, it is suffering not only from the restrictions in China, but also from those imposed by the even more isolated country next door.

    2022 August 30, Vivian Wang, “Lockdowns in China, and North Korea, Deal Double Blow to Bridge City”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2022, Business

    Synonyms: Mukden, Moukden

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Liaoning, in northeastern China.

Origin

  1. Mandarin瀋陽 /沈阳
  2. EnglishShenyang

From Mandarin 瀋陽 /沈阳 (Shěnyáng).

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Translations

Arabic شِنْيَانْغ, شِينْيَانْغ
  • شِنْيَانْغ (šinyānḡ)a city of China
  • شِينْيَانْغ (šinyānḡ)a city of China
Chinese Cantonese 瀋陽 /沈阳
  • 瀋陽 /沈阳 (sam² joeng⁴)a city of China
Chinese Mandarin 瀋陽 /沈阳
  • 瀋陽 /沈阳 (Shěnyáng)a city of China
French Shenyang
  • Shenyanga city of China
Hindi शेनयांग
  • शेनयांग (śenyāṅg)a city of China
Hungarian Senjang
  • Senjanga city of China
Japanese 瀋陽
  • 瀋陽 (Shin'yō)a city of China
Korean 선양, 심양
  • 선양 (Seonyang)a city of China
  • 심양 (Simyang)a city of China
  • 심양 (Simyang)a city of China
Polish Shenyang
  • Shenyanga city of China
Russian Шэнья́н, Мукде́н
  • Шэнья́н (Šɛnʹján)a city of China
  • Мукде́н (Mukdén)a city of China
Spanish Mukden
  • Mukdena city of China
Ukrainian Шеньян́, Мукде́н
  • Шеньян́ (Šenʹjań)a city of China
  • Мукде́н (Mukdén)a city of China
Vietnamese Thẩm Dương
  • Thẩm Dươnga city of China

Rhymes & wordplay

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Shenyang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shenyang

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“Shenyang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shenyang. Accessed November 2, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Shenyang,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shenyang.

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