Meanings
proper noun
- A county of Yongzhou, Hunan, China.
In the southern province of Hunan, a recent report revealed that vandals had wrecked 10 of the 25 high schools in Xintian County.
1982 August 12, Christopher S. Wren, “CHINA'S BLACK SHEEP 'RE-EDUCATED' WITHOUT TRIAL”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015, Section A, page 2
Origin
- Mandarin新田
- EnglishXintian
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 新田 (Xīntián).
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Chinese Cantonese 新田
- 新田 (san¹ tin⁴)county
Chinese Mandarin 新田
- 新田 (Xīntián)county
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APA
Xintian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Xintian
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“Xintian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Xintian. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Xintian,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Xintian.
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