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Sham Chun

Sham Chun proper noun: synonym of Shenzhen.

Proper noun

Sham Chun

  1. (dated) Synonym of Shenzhen.
    • It is part of Skinner’s argument that men with wider political and economic horizons will operate within areas defined in relation to higher-order market centres; and it may follow from this that the great lineage groupings maintained in the case of the few dominant ‘surnames’ in the southern part...1966, Maurice Freedman, Chinese Lineage and Society: Fukien and Kwangtung, London: Athlone Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 25
    • It is certain that trade and market relations between the New Territories' villages and Kowloon increased when the Kowloon-Canton Railroad was built through the New Territories. The railroad was started in 1906, and by 1915 it was completed as far as Sham Chun, a market town within China, across...1968, Jack M. Potter, Capitalism and the Chinese Peasant: Social and Economic Change in a Hong Kong Village, University of California Press, page 35
    Synonyms:
    Shenzhen

Examples of Sham Chun in a sentence

  • The railroad was started in 1906, and by 1915 it was completed as far as Sham Chun, a market town within China, across the Sham Chun River.1968, Jack M. Potter, Capitalism and the Chinese Peasant: Social and Economic Change in a Hong Kong Village, University of California...
  • The man was a tough character who had fled Mao's China by swimming across the Sham Chun river to Hong Kong.2006, Christina Lamb, House of Stone: The True Story of a Family Divided in War-torn Zimbabwe, HarperPress, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 160:

Synonyms of Sham Chun

Origin of Sham Chun

Borrowed from Cantonese 深圳 (sam1 zan3).

Questions about Sham Chun

What does Sham Chun mean?
Sham Chun means synonym of Shenzhen.
How do you use Sham Chun in a sentence?
The railroad was started in 1906, and by 1915 it was completed as far as Sham Chun, a market town within China, across the Sham Chun River.
What part of speech is Sham Chun?
Sham Chun is a proper noun.

Words near Sham Chun in the dictionary

  1. Shalya
  2. Shalë
  3. sham
  4. sham Abraham
  5. sham Abram
  6. Sham Chun
  7. sham marriage
  8. sham marriages
  9. Sham Shui Po
  10. shama
  11. shamable

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