Xingshan

Xing·shan
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/ʃɪŋˈʃɑn//-ʃæn/

proper noun

A district of Hegang, Heilongjiang, China.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Hingshan · alternative Hsing-shan

  1. A county of Yichang, Hubei, China.

    The forestry industry front of Hsingshan County overfulfilled its production quota for timber for 1969--which was double that of last year--by 13.5 percent.

    [1969 December 17 [1969 December 16], “HUPEH INDUSTRY”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 243, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Wuhan Hupeh Provincial, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, Communist China: Central-South Region, page D 6
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    HUPEH In the struggle to criticize Teng, Hsingshan County CCP Committee has persisted in running theory courses by radio. About 70% of the peasant households in the county can receive wired broadcasts.

    [1976, Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East, British Broadcasting Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9

    In a village near Xingshan County in western Hubei, a message instructing residents to resume work came blasting over a loudspeaker earlier this month, echoing across the fertile hills.

    2020 March 18, Javier C. Hernández, “China Hits a Coronavirus Milestone: No New Local Infections”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2020

Origin

  1. Mandarin興山 /兴山
  2. EnglishXingshan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 興山 /兴山 (Xīngshān).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 興山 /兴山
  • 興山 /兴山 (hing¹ saan¹)county in central China
Chinese Mandarin 興山 /兴山
  • 興山 /兴山 (Xīngshān)county in central China
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