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Daxing

Syllables: Da·xing

Daxing proper noun: a former capital of China under the Sui Dynasty, now within Xi'an, Shaanxi.

Proper noun

Daxing

  1. (historical) A former capital of China under the Sui Dynasty, now within Xi'an, Shaanxi.
  2. A district of Beijing, China.
    • The area, Shoubaozhuang, is not one of the affluent, gated residential compounds springing up around Beijing, but a poor village of rural migrants toiling at low-paying jobs. It was chosen, along with 15 other areas in the Daxing district of Beijing, to be walled off to outsiders, in what officials...2010 October 3, Helen Gao, “Migrant ‘Villages’ Within a City Ignite Debate”, in The New York Times (BEIJING JOURNAL section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from...
    • The fire broke out Saturday evening in a two-story structure in the Daxing District, about 11 miles south of the Chinese capital’s prosperous downtown. Around 6 p.m., the flames began consuming the building, and thick smoke spilled into the air. Firefighters spent three hours battling the fire...2017 November 19, Chris Buckley, “Fire Kills at Least 19 in Beijing Apartment Building”, in The New York Times (Asia Pacific section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC...

Daxing meaning in Marathi

Daxing in Marathi

district
टाशिंग ṭāśiṅga

Examples of Daxing in a sentence

  • It was chosen, along with 15 other areas in the Daxing district of Beijing, to be walled off to outsiders, in what officials say is an experimental effort to curb crime.2010 October 3, Helen Gao, “Migrant ‘Villages’ Within a City Ignite Debate”, in The New York Times (BEIJING JOURNAL section), New York...
  • The fire broke out Saturday evening in a two-story structure in the Daxing District, about 11 miles south of the Chinese capital’s prosperous downtown.2017 November 19, Chris Buckley, “Fire Kills at Least 19 in Beijing Apartment Building”, in The New York Times (Asia Pacific section), New...

Forms of Daxing

alternative formTahsing
alternative formTa-hsing

Origin of Daxing

The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大興 /大兴 (Dàxīng, “Greatly Prosperous”).

Questions about Daxing

What does Daxing mean?
Daxing means a former capital of China under the Sui Dynasty, now within Xi'an, Shaanxi.
What is Daxing in Marathi?
Daxing in Marathi is टाशिंग (ṭāśiṅga). See Daxing meaning in Marathi.
How do you use Daxing in a sentence?
It was chosen, along with 15 other areas in the Daxing district of Beijing, to be walled off to outsiders, in what officials say is an experimental effort to curb crime.
What part of speech is Daxing?
Daxing is a proper noun.

Words near Daxing in the dictionary

  1. Dawukou
  2. Dax
  3. daxen
  4. Daxi
  5. Daxin
  6. Daxing
  7. Daxing'anling
  8. daxophone
  9. daxophones
  10. daxophonist
  11. daxophonists

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