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Shenzhen

Syllables: Shen·zhen/ˌʃəːnˈtʃən/

Shenzhen proper noun: a major subprovincial city of Guangdong, in southeastern China.

Proper noun

Shenzhen

  1. A major subprovincial city of Guangdong, in southeastern China.
    • Encyclopædia Britannica
      In 1979 Shenzhen was a small border city of some 30,000 inhabitants that served as a customs stop into mainland China from Hong Kong.
    • Over the next two years, China set up four “special economic zones” as testing grounds for free-enterprise practices like foreign investment and tax incentives. The largest zone was Shenzhen, about fifty miles south of Dongguan, which quickly became a symbol of a freewheeling China always open for...2008, Leslie T. Chang, Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China, New York: Spiegel & Grau, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 29
    Synonyms:
    Shumchun, Shum-chun, Shamchun, Sham Chun

Shenzhen meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Arabic

Shenzhen in Hindi

a city in China
शेन्झेन śenjhen, शेन्झ़ेन śenźen, शेन्ज़ेन śenzen

Shenzhen in Marathi

a city in China
शेन्झेन śenjhen

Shenzhen in Urdu

a city in China
شینژین śenžen

Shenzhen in Arabic

a city in China
شِينْتْشِين šintšīn, شِينْجِين šinjīn
More languagesFewer languages
Shenzhen in Persian
شنژن
Shenzhen in Thai
เซินเจิ้น
Shenzhen in Vietnamese
Thâm Quyến

Examples of Shenzhen in a sentence

  • The largest zone was Shenzhen, about fifty miles south of Dongguan, which quickly became a symbol of a freewheeling China always open for business.2008, Leslie T. Chang, Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China, New York: Spiegel & Grau, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 29:
  • The tiny 0.8-square-kilometer Luohu District was where the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone really got off to a good start.2009, Lanqing Li, “The Birth of Special Economic Zones”, in Ling Yuan, Zhang Siying, transl., Breaking Through: The Birth of China's...
  • This time, the problem lies in Shenzhen, a sprawling metropolis adjacent to Hong Kong in southeastern China.2021 June 21, Keith Bradsher, “Chinese port difficulties amid a Covid outbreak further snarl global trade.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN...

Synonyms of Shenzhen

Forms of Shenzhen

alternative formShen-chen
alternative misspellingShenzheng

Origin of Shenzhen

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 深圳 (Shēnzhèn), from 深 (shēn, “deep”) + 圳 (zhèn, “irrigation ditch”).

Questions about Shenzhen

What does Shenzhen mean?
Shenzhen means a major subprovincial city of Guangdong, in southeastern China.
What is Shenzhen in Hindi?
Shenzhen in Hindi is शेन्झेन (śenjhen), शेन्झ़ेन (śenźen), शेन्ज़ेन (śenzen). See Shenzhen meaning in Hindi.
How do you use Shenzhen in a sentence?
The largest zone was Shenzhen, about fifty miles south of Dongguan, which quickly became a symbol of a freewheeling China always open for business.
What part of speech is Shenzhen?
Shenzhen is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Shenzhen?
Shenzhen is pronounced /ˌʃəːnˈtʃən/.

Words near Shenzhen in the dictionary

  1. Shentons
  2. Shenxi
  3. Shenya
  4. Shenyang
  5. shenyi
  6. Shenzhen
  7. shenzi
  8. shenzis
  9. Sheohar
  10. sheol
  11. sheolic

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