Changzhi
Syllables: Chang·zhi/ˌt͡ʃæŋˈd͡ʒiː/
Changzhi proper noun: a prefecture-level city of Shanxi, China.
Proper noun
Changzhi
- A prefecture-level city of Shanxi, China.
- Changchih city in the central part of the region had only one small power plant and a few mills producing edible oil, wine and flour before liberation.[1972 January 18 [1972 January 16], “New Industrial Center Develops in Southeastern Shansi”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 12, Foreign Broadcast Information Service...
- Businessmen in Changzhi complain that construction projects supported by the local government have also been scaled back.
- As a result, Changzhi’s cement plants are saddled by excess capacity. Companies in the province can produce three times as much cement as what was actually needed in 2014, according to the Shanxi Provincial Association of Building Material Industries. Two-thirds of them lost money in that year.2015 August 28, Michael Schumann, “Zombie Factories Stalk the Sputtering Chinese Economy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2015, International Business
Forms of Changzhi
| alternative form | Ch'ang-chih |
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Origin of Changzhi
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 長治 /长治 (Chángzhì).
Questions about Changzhi
- What does Changzhi mean?
- Changzhi means a prefecture-level city of Shanxi, China.
- What part of speech is Changzhi?
- Changzhi is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Changzhi?
- Changzhi is pronounced /ˌt͡ʃæŋˈd͡ʒiː/.
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