Gangwei
Syllables: Gang·wei
Gangwei proper noun: a town in Longhai, Zhangzhou, Fujian, China, formerly a township.
Proper noun
Gangwei
- 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...
- The Shenwo gneissic granite (DS-24-2) in the Gangwei area, south of Xiamen, belongs to the southern PDMB.2012 October, Qian Liu, Jin-Hai Yu, Qin Wang, Bin Su, Mei-Fu Zhou, Hai Xu, Xiang Cui, “Ages and geochemistry of granites in the Pingtan–Dongshan Metamorphic Belt, Coastal South China: New constraints...
- Synonyms:
- Chiang-wei
Examples of Gangwei in a sentence
- 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.1990 May 31 [1990 May 30], “Incidents of Kuomintang Troops Shooting at and Towing Away Fishing Boats Along the Coast of Fujian Province...
- An entrance guard clears mud at the gate of government of Gangwei Township in Longhai of Zhangzhou City, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 19, 2013.2013 July 20, “Cimaron brings heavy rains to Fujian”, in China Internet Information Center, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2013:
- […]we left Amoy at Four, arrived near Kang Beh [Gangwei 港尾] at 5 1⁄2, and walked Sunday morning before breakfast to the hot springs;[…]2017, Koos Kuiper, quoting De Grijs, The Early Dutch Sinologists (1854-1900), Brill Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 188:
Synonyms of Gangwei
Forms of Gangwei
| alternative form | Kang-wei |
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Origin of Gangwei
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 港尾 (Gǎngwěi).
Questions about Gangwei
- What does Gangwei mean?
- Gangwei means a town in Longhai, Zhangzhou, Fujian, China, formerly a township.
- How do you use Gangwei in a sentence?
- 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.
- What part of speech is Gangwei?
- Gangwei is a proper noun.
Words near Gangwei in the dictionary
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