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Hongqiao

Syllables: Hong·qiao

Hongqiao proper noun: a district of Tianjin, China.

Proper noun

Hongqiao

  1. A district of Tianjin, China.
    • Not long ago an exhibition of class education was inaugurated at the “Three Stones” Historical Museum in Hungchiao District, Tientsin.[1969, “Chronicle”, in Chinese Literature, number 1, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 98
    • Against that backdrop, Mr. Liu, a former lawyer with a long interest in psychology, decided that the people of Tianjin needed some help apologizing, "as a way of relieving pressure, reducing barriers and the many negative feelings between people today."
      In fact, the apology company is an arm of a...2001 January 3, Elisabeth Rosenthal, “Tianjin Journal; For a Fee, This Chinese Firm Will Beg Pardon for Anyone”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2021

Origin of Hongqiao

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 紅橋 /红桥 (Hóngqiáo).

Questions about Hongqiao

What does Hongqiao mean?
Hongqiao means a district of Tianjin, China.
What part of speech is Hongqiao?
Hongqiao is a proper noun.

Words near Hongqiao in the dictionary

  1. Hongkongite
  2. Hongkongites
  3. Hongkongness
  4. Hongkou
  5. Hongqi
  6. Hongqiao
  7. hongs
  8. Hongshan
  9. hongshanornithid
  10. hongshanornithids
  11. hongshiite

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