Zhen'an

/ˈdʒɛnˌɑn//-æn/

proper noun

A district of Dandong, Liaoning, China.

Meanings

Zhen'an1

proper noun
  1. A district of Dandong, Liaoning, China.

    Last August, the United Front Work Department in the Zhen’an district of Dandong, a prefecture-level city in the northeastern province of Liaoning, issued a document requiring the five officially-sanctioned religious organizations to launch a charity donation campaign.

    2020 March 12, Jiang Tao, “Believers Forced to Prove Loyalty to the State with Money”, in Bitter Winter, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2020

Zhen'an2

proper noun
  1. A county of Shangluo, Shaanxi, China.

    Chenan County is one of Shensi's progressive counties in learning from Tachai. Leaders of the county CCP Committee have provided good examples in fighting in unity.

    [1978 February 21 [1978 February 18], “County in Shensi Carries out Rectification”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 35, sourced from Sian Shensi Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, page M 5
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    [SHENSI DAILY 18 February untitled editor's note to a frontpage report by the joint investigation group of the Organization Department of the Shensi Provincial CCP Committee and the Shanglo Prefectural CCP Committee: "The Chenan County CCP Committee Has Taken Exposing and Criticizing the Gang of Four as the Key Link and, in Close Connection With Reality, Seriously Carried Out Rectification of the Party and the Style of Work"]

    [1978 February 21 [1978 February 18], “Praised by Shensi Daily”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 35, sourced from Sian Shensi Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, page M 6

    The Landsat photographs have also demonstrated clearly that the Longmen Mt. Deep Fracture extends towards the northeast after passing through the Hanzhong area, and then enters the Qinling Mts. to join with the Lintan-Shanyang Deep Fracture in the vicinity of Zhen’an County.

    1987, Geotectonic Evolution of China, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 150

    The blast struck just before midnight on Tuesday outside an explosives warehouse, according to a statement from the Zhen’an county government in Shaanxi province posted on its official website.

    2018 April 12, “Blast on truck carrying explosives in northern China kills 7”, in AP News, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2023

Origin

Zhen'an · proper noun

  1. Mandarin振安
  2. EnglishZhen'an

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 振安.

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Zhen'an · proper noun

  1. Mandarin鎮安 /镇安
  2. EnglishZhen'an

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鎮安 /镇安 (Zhèn'ān).

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 振安, 鎮安 /镇安
  • 振安 (Zhèn'ān)district
  • 鎮安 /镇安 (Zhèn'ān)county
Cite this entry
APA

Zhen'an. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zhen'an

MLA

“Zhen'an.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zhen'an. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Zhen'an,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zhen'an.

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