Changxing

See also: chángxìng, chángxíng, and chàngxíng

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 長興 / 长兴 (Chángxīng).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(ˈ)t͡ʃæŋˈʃɪŋ/, emulating Chinese /(ˈ)t͡ʃɑŋˈʃiŋ/
  • enPR: chängʹshǐngʹ[1]

Proper noun

Changxing

  1. A county of Huzhou, Zhejiang, China.
    • [1973, Rewi Alley, “Chekiang”, in Travels in China, 1966-71 [中国见闻]‎[2], Peking: New World Press, →OCLC, page 454:
      To Huchow […]
      Next morning I got an early start and, going north into Changhsing county, cut inland towards the Anhwei border to Wushan Commune, going through the hills for some time, and then coming to a wide canal along which a motor launch took me to the commune headquarters situated in a pleasant village up on the canal bank.      ]
    • 2022 August 18, Tiffany May, Joy Dong, “Factory Shutdowns, Showers for Pigs: China’s Heat Wave Strains Economy”, in The New York Times‎[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 August 2022, Extreme Weather:
      An inflatable swimming pool in a gated community in Changxing County, Zhejiang Province, during a heat wave last week.

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References

  1. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Changhing or Ch’ang-hsing”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 369, column 3
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