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Chiang-wei

Chiang-wei is the alternative form of Gangwei.

Meaning of Gangwei

Proper noun

Gangwei

  1. A town in Longhai, Zhangzhou, Fujian, China, formerly a township.
    • Also on 30 April, Trawler No. 1107 of Jinyu Island, Gangwei Town, Longhai County, Zhangzhou City was fishing a few nautical miles off Penghu Island when it was forcibly towed away by a KMT gunboat. The 16 crew members on board were detained for seven days by the garrisoned troops and were only...1990 May 31 [1990 May 30], “Incidents of Kuomintang Troops Shooting at and Towing Away Fishing Boats Along the Coast of Fujian Province Occur Over and Over Again”, in Daily Report: China, number 105...
    Synonyms:
    Chiang-wei

Origin of Chiang-wei

From the Wade-Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 港尾 (Chiang³-wei³).

Questions about Chiang-wei

What is Chiang-wei the alternative form of?
Chiang-wei is the alternative form of Gangwei.

Words near Chiang-wei in the dictionary

  1. Chiang-hsi
  2. Chiang-ling
  3. Chiang-men
  4. Chiang-su
  5. Chiang-tzu
  6. Chiang-wei
  7. Chiangchew
  8. Chiangism
  9. Chiangist
  10. Chiangling
  11. Chiangs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Chiang-wei (page history and authors); Gangwei (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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