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Minhang

Syllables: Min·hang/mɪnhɑŋ/

Minhang proper noun: a district of Shanghai, China.

minhang: a district of Shanghai, China
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Proper noun

Minhang

  1. A district of Shanghai, China.
    • Innovations and new construction of the last decade have brought about remarkable changes in Shanghai’s industrial outlook. A dozen industrial districts, such as Minhang, Woosung and Pengpu, which have been built up or extended, have done much to remedy the inadequacies and overconcentration of the...1964, Yu-ti (任育地) Jen, “The Middle and Lower Yangtze Region”, in 中国地理概述 [A Concise Geography of China], Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 114
    • Between July and October of this year, 38 percent of the workshop party branch secretaries in the Min-hang District who were able to participate in physical labor were doing so.[1964 January 27 [1963 December 30], “Shanghai Factory Cadres Participate in Productive Labor”, in Translations on Communist China's Industry, Mining, Fuels and Power, number 55, United States Joint...

Examples of Minhang in a sentence

  • A dozen industrial districts, such as Minhang, Woosung and Pengpu, which have been built up or extended, have done much to remedy the inadequacies and overconcentration of the past.1964, Yu-ti (任育地) Jen, “The Middle and Lower Yangtze Region”, in 中国地理概述 [A Concise Geography of China], Peking: Foreign Languages Press...
  • A resident of the Minhang district on Shanghai’s west side who asked to be identified only by her surname, Chen, said her household of five was given government food packages on March 30 and April 4.2022 April 7, Joe McDonald, “Shanghai wrestles with food shortages under virus shutdown”, in AP News, archived from the original on 07 Apr...
  • The sprawling district of Minhang in central Shanghai has implemented new lockdown measures to detect and control COVID-19 transmission risks, the district government said on Thursday.2022 June 8, “Shanghai's Minhang district announces new lockdown”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 09 Jun 2022, China:

Forms of Minhang

alternative formMinhong

Origin of Minhang

From the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 閔行 /闵行 (Mǐnháng).

Questions about Minhang

What does Minhang mean?
Minhang means a district of Shanghai, China.
How do you use Minhang in a sentence?
A dozen industrial districts, such as Minhang, Woosung and Pengpu, which have been built up or extended, have done much to remedy the inadequacies and overconcentration of the past.
What part of speech is Minhang?
Minhang is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Minhang?
Minhang is pronounced /mɪnhɑŋ/.

Words near Minhang in the dictionary

  1. minhagim
  2. minhags
  3. Minhah
  4. Minhaj
  5. Minhamite
  6. Minhang
  7. Minhas
  8. Minhases
  9. Minhe
  10. minheap
  11. minheaps

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