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Shijing

Syllables: Shi·jing

Shijing proper noun: a town in Nan'an, Quanzhou, Fujian, China.

shijing: a town in Nan'an, Quanzhou, Fujian, China
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Proper noun

Shijing

  1. A town in Nan'an, Quanzhou, Fujian, China.
    • The day 1 February marks the 320h anniversary of the recovery of Taiwan by national hero Zheng Chenggong. With profound reverence, this reporter recently paid a visit to Shijing Township of Nanan County, Fujian Province, the hero's native place.1982 February 12 [1982 February 2], “Beijing Views Native Place of Zheng Chenggong”, in China Report: Political, Sociological and Military Affairs, number 271, Foreign Broadcast Information Service...
    • Shijing, a township in Nan’an County west of Quanzhou was the ancestral home of Zheng Chenggong (1624-1662), also known as Koxinga, the famous Ming loyalist general who succeeded in chasing the Dutch out of Taiwan in the early Qing dynasty.1990 December, An Ge, “Western Shores of the Straits”, in China Tourism, number 126, H.K. China Tourism Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 20-21

Forms of Shijing

alternative formShih-ching

Origin of Shijing

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 石井 (Shíjǐng).

Questions about Shijing

What does Shijing mean?
Shijing means a town in Nan'an, Quanzhou, Fujian, China.
What part of speech is Shijing?
Shijing is a proper noun.

Words near Shijing in the dictionary

  1. Shiitizes
  2. Shiitizing
  3. shijiangshanite
  4. Shijiaying
  5. Shijiazhuang
  6. Shijing
  7. Shijingshan
  8. shijo
  9. shijos
  10. shikakai
  11. shikakais

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