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Longjing

Syllables: Long·jing

Longjing proper noun: a county-level city of Yanbian prefecture, Jilin, China, across the Tumen River from Hoeryong, North Hamgyong, North Korea.

Proper noun

Longjing

  1. A county-level city of Yanbian prefecture, Jilin, China, across the Tumen River from Hoeryong, North Hamgyong, North Korea.
    • The influx into the Chientao (間島) of Corean farmers, hunters, and trappers had long been a burning question before the Governments of China and Japan finally agreed by the Chientao Convention of 1909 or China-Corean Frontier Agreement to recognize the Tumen river as the boundary between Corea and...[1938, Stanley F. Wright, “From the Revision that Failed to the Peking Tariff Conference of 1925-1926”, in China's Struggle for Tariff Autonomy: 1843-1938, Paragon Book Gallery, →OCLC, page 406
    • Longjing county is another part of eastern Jilin province. It is located on the left bank of the middle reaches of the Tumen river. The Longgang range — a branch of the Changbai range — extends into the southern part of its territory.1995, Liu Zhen-hua, “Recent Neolithic Discoveries in Jilin Province”, in The Archaeology of Northeast China: Beyond the Great Wall, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 95

Examples of Longjing in a sentence

  • * Chinese officials will lift African swine fever-related restrictions in Longjing city, in northeastern Jilin province, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Wednesday2018 December 19, “China to lift African swine fever limits for city in Jilin province”, in Louise Heavens, editor, Reuters, archived from...
  • Five ethnic Korean children prayed in a local church in Longjing, which borders North Korea and is home to a large ethnic Korean community.2019 February 26, Tiffany May, “Young People Left Behind in China’s Snowbound Rust Belt”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...

Origin of Longjing

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 龍井 /龙井 (Lóngjǐng).

Questions about Longjing

What does Longjing mean?
Longjing means a county-level city of Yanbian prefecture, Jilin, China, across the Tumen River from Hoeryong, North Hamgyong, North Korea.
How do you use Longjing in a sentence?
* Chinese officials will lift African swine fever-related restrictions in Longjing city, in northeastern Jilin province, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Wednesday
What part of speech is Longjing?
Longjing is a proper noun.

Words near Longjing in the dictionary

  1. longitudinous
  2. Longjam
  3. longjaw
  4. Longjia
  5. Longjiang
  6. Longjing
  7. longjohn
  8. longjohns
  9. longjump
  10. longkang
  11. longkangs

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