Meanings
- Synonym of Ussuriysk: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
Reporting a typhoon in the Soviet Far East on 18th August the NCNA said (in English 0825 gmt 21 Aug 79) that “the stricken areas included Spassk, Ussuriysk (Shuangchengzi) and Vladivostok[…]
1979, “Chinese report of typhoon in USSR”, in Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East, British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page A-302 more examples
To the east of the Lefu the important town of Ussuriysk (originally Nikolsk, then in 1935-1957 Voroshilov, but known to the Chinese as Shuangchengzi 'double wall town') stands on a tributary of the largest river flowing into the sea near Vladivostok, the Suifun.
1986, Roy E. H. Mellor, Essays for Professor R.E.H. Mellor, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 137The main line begins at Manzhouli (exits China and connects with Aotepuer奥特普耳 station in the Baikal section of the TSR), then passes through Harbin to Suifenhe from west to east (exits China and connects with Shuangchengzi双城子 station in the Ussuri section of the TSR) [38], the length of which is 1514.3 kilometers.
2023, Qi Li, Daping Liu, Jusheng Song, “The Chinese Eastern Railway: Geostrategic Heritage from the Turn of the Twentieth Century in Northeast China”, in Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Jan 2023Synonyms: Ussuriysk
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSynonym of Ussuriysk: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
Origin
- Mandarin雙城子 /双城子
- EnglishShuangchengzi
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 雙城子 /双城子 (Shuāngchéngzi).
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Chinese Mandarin 雙城子 /双城子
- 雙城子 /双城子 (Shuāngchéngzi)city
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Shuangchengzi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shuangchengzi
“Shuangchengzi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shuangchengzi. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Shuangchengzi,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shuangchengzi.
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