Ta-hsing

A form of Daxing — A former capital of China under the Sui Dynasty, now within Xi'an, Shaanxi.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Daxing.

    Li Ju-chen (c. 1763–c. 1830) was born in Ta-hsing district in Chih-li province (i.e. modern Peking in Hopei province).

    1974, Ho Peng-Yoke, Yu Wang-luen, “Physical Immortality in the Early Nineteenth-Century Novel Ching-hua-yüan”, in Oriens Extremus, volume 21, number 1, →ISSN, →JSTOR, page 34
    2 more examples

    The inner zone of intensive vegetable production, which includes portions of 24 communes, is contained within the four suburban districts except in the south, where it extends into Ta-hsing County to include the famous Hung-hsing (Red Star) Commune.

    1978 December 29, G. William Skinner, “Vegetable Supply and Marketing in Chinese Cities”, in The China Quarterly, number 76, →DOI, →ISSN, →JSTOR, page 762

    It is remarkable, then, that the movement of women in marriage accounts for about half of all the recorded migrations and thus a large portion of all relocation in rural China. Nan-ch'üan's registers (table 9.2) are apparently not atypical in this regard; a study of Ta-hsing County, Peking, found a similar percentage.

    1991, William Lavely, “Marriage and Mobility under Rural Collectivism”, in Rubie S. Watson, editor, Marriage and Inequality in Chinese Society, Berkeley: University of California Press, →ISBN, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2026, page 293; republished as Patricia Buckley Ebrey, editor, (Please provide a date or year)
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: Ta-hsing on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.