Shadang
English
Alternative forms
- Shatang
- Sha-tang (Wade–Giles)
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 沙蕩/沙荡 (Shādàng).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Shadang
- A residential community in Chenjiagang, Xiangshui, Yancheng, Jiangsu, China, formerly a village.
- 2019 March 23, Sidney Leng, Zhuang Pinghui, “Chinese chemical plant survivors relive horror of ‘earth-shattering’ blast”, in South China Morning Post[1], archived from the original on 22 March 2019:
- Gao Congbiao, from Shadang village 6km away from the plant, had been working on his land when he saw a “big fireball exploding into wild flames” and said the “earth-shattering” blast had left his home and farmland seriously damaged.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Shadang.