Hunchun
Syllables: Hun·chun
Hunchun proper noun: a county-level city of Yanbian prefecture, Jilin, China, formerly a county.
Proper noun
Hunchun
- A county-level city of Yanbian prefecture, Jilin, China, formerly a county.
- A convention concluded with China by Count Cassini, the Russian minister at Pekin, in the summer of 1896, in the form in which it was made public, conceded to the Russian Government the privilege of building a branch of the Siberian Railroad from some city in Siberia to Aiyun, in the Amur province...1897, China (Annual Cyclopaedia), volume 2, D. Appleton & Company, page 137
- The Tumen is not yet so important as the Yalu, but with the development of a rival to Vladivostock, now a closed port, in Hunchun, it is acquiring greater importance.1910, The Provinces of China, Together with a History of the First Year of H.I.M. Hsuan Tung, and an Account of the Government of China, Shanghai: The National Review Office, →OCLC, →OL, page 155
- Synonyms:
- Huncun
Hunchun meaning in Vietnamese
Hunchun in Vietnamese
- county-level city in northeast China
- Hồn Xuân
Examples of Hunchun in a sentence
- Hu-t'ou and Tung-ning fell within the first two days, and by August 11 Mu-leng and Hunchun had fallen.1978, Illustrated World War II Encyclopedia, volume 20, H. S. Stuttman Inc., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 2701:
- In the Chinese border town of Hunchun, garment factories gladly employ squads of North Koreans, who are valued as skilled and dutiful workers.2018 June 5, Jane Perlez, Iris Zhao, Luz Ding, Su-Hyun Lee, “China’s Trade With North Korea Is Set to Soar With a Trump-Kim Deal”, in The...
- In one such town, Hunchun, population 250,000, regional officials asked me if I planned to write anything.2019 September 5, Melik Kaylan, “China Has a Soft-Power Problem”, in The Wall Street Journal, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on...
- The Changchun COVID-19 prevention office said the squid had been imported from Russia by a company in Hunchun city and brought to the provincial capital.2020 September 20, Shivani Singh, Sophie Yu, “Coronavirus found on imported squid packaging in China”, in Philippa Fletcher, editor...
Synonyms of Hunchun
Forms of Hunchun
| alternative form | Hun-ch'un |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Hun-chun |
Origin of Hunchun
From Mandarin 琿春 /珲春 (Húnchūn), from Manchu ᡥᡠᠨᠴᡠᠨ (huncun).
Words formed from Hunchun
Questions about Hunchun
- What does Hunchun mean?
- Hunchun means a county-level city of Yanbian prefecture, Jilin, China, formerly a county.
- What is Hunchun in Vietnamese?
- Hunchun in Vietnamese is Hồn Xuân. See Hunchun meaning in Vietnamese.
- How do you use Hunchun in a sentence?
- Hu-t'ou and Tung-ning fell within the first two days, and by August 11 Mu-leng and Hunchun had fallen.
- What part of speech is Hunchun?
- Hunchun is a proper noun.
Words near Hunchun in the dictionary
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