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Houjie

Syllables: Hou·jie/hoʊˈd͡ʒjeɪ/

Houjie proper noun: a town in Dongguan, Guangdong, China.

Proper noun

Houjie

  1. A town in Dongguan, Guangdong, China.
    • In the Tungkun, Sheklung, Yashan and Lungkang areas, they encountered and defeated many groups of 200 to 300 Chinese soldiers and reached the line connecting Howkai, Talanghu, Changmutow and Pingshanhu on the evening of November 23rd.[1938, Tokyo Gazette, volume 2, →OCLC, page 42
    • The township of Houjie, for example, had an official population of 75,000, but was also home to another 100,000 migrant workers who kept its 900 factories producing. Because of this new supply of inexpensive labor, most Houjie natives had given up farming to become managers and entrepreneurs with a...1994, Orville Schell, Mandate of Heaven: The Legacy of Tiananmen Square and the Next Generation of China's Leaders, Touchstone Books, published 1995, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 337

Examples of Houjie in a sentence

  • The township of Houjie, for example, had an official population of 75,000, but was also home to another 100,000 migrant workers who kept its 900 factories producing.1994, Orville Schell, Mandate of Heaven: The Legacy of Tiananmen Square and the Next Generation of China's Leaders, Touchstone Books...
  • As for Li's body, it was discovered 8 km to 9 km downstream at Houjie township.2001, Anita Chan, China's Workers Under Assault: The Exploitation of Labor in a Globalizing Economy, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL...
  • Chang’an produces electronic components, Dalang is famous for sweaters, and Houjie makes shoes.2008, Leslie T. Chang, Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China, New York: Spiegel & Grau, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 19:
  • The town of Houjie was one of the first within Dongguan prefecture to receive Taiwanese investment.2010, Karl Gerth, As China Goes, So Goes the World: How Chinese Consumers are Transforming Everything, New York: Hill and Wang, →ISBN...

Origin of Houjie

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 厚街 (Hòujiē).

Questions about Houjie

What does Houjie mean?
Houjie means a town in Dongguan, Guangdong, China.
How do you use Houjie in a sentence?
The township of Houjie, for example, had an official population of 75,000, but was also home to another 100,000 migrant workers who kept its 900 factories producing.
What part of speech is Houjie?
Houjie is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Houjie?
Houjie is pronounced /hoʊˈd͡ʒjeɪ/.

Words near Houjie in the dictionary

  1. Hougland
  2. Houglands
  3. houhere
  4. houheres
  5. Houiche
  6. Houjie
  7. houka
  8. houkas
  9. houkie
  10. Houlahan
  11. Houlahans

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