Dinghai

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 定海 (Dìnghǎi).

• enPR: dǐngʹhīʹ^[1]
• Rhymes: -aɪ

Dinghai

1. A district of Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China.
   • 2001 April 20, Jonathan Napack, “A Firebrand Agitates to Preserve China's Memory”, in The New York Times‎^[2], sourced from International Herald Tribune, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 June 2024, Style‎^[3]:

     He recently spoke at a conference denouncing the destruction of Dinghai, an old town on Zhoushan island, near Shanghai, best known as the real object of British covetousness during the Opium War (Hong Kong was actually a mistake).