Xicheng

Xi·cheng
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/ʃiːˈt͡ʃʌŋ/

proper noun

A district in downtown Beijing, China, comprising the sections immediately west of the Forbidden City.

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Hsi-ch'eng

  1. A district in downtown Beijing, China, comprising the sections immediately west of the Forbidden City.

    Xicheng The sector immediately west of the Forbidden City, Xicheng is the site of some of the most extensive old hutong (alleyway) neighborhoods left in Beijing.

    2000, J. D. Brown, Beijing (Frommer's), Foster City, CA: IDG Books, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, →OL, page 36
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    The city of Peking has 85 neighborhoods, each with more than 50,000 residents (Luo, 1980). The Fengsheng Neighborhood in the Xicheng District of Peking, for example, has 14,136 families and 52,978 persons.

    1983, Clifton W. Pannell, Laurence J. C. Ma, China: The Geography of Development and Modernization, V. H. Winston & Sons, →ISBN, page 85

    In Xixingsheng lane of the Xicheng District, more than 20 armed policemen were beaten up by mobs; some were badly injured, and the others’ whereabouts are unknown.

    1989, Yi Mu, Mark V. Thompson, Crisis at Tiananmen: Reform and Reality in Modern China, San Francisco: China Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 229

    In Beijing, authorities ordered all cinemas closed until November 14 in the capital's Xicheng district, which lies west of Tiananmen Square and is home to over a million people.

    2021 October 30, “China cracks down over 'serious' Covid outbreak”, in France 24, archived from the original on 30 Oct 2021

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Origin

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin Chinese 西城 (Xīchéng, literally “west city”).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 西城
  • 西城district; subdistricts
Chinese Mandarin 西城
  • 西城 (Xīchéng)district; subdistricts
Japanese 西城
  • 西城 (Seijō)district; subdistricts

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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