Shumchun

Proper noun

Shumchun

1. (dated) Synonym of Shenzhen: a Cantonese-derived name.
   • It is difficult to ascertain precisely what is transpiring on the East River front at present. Reports say that General Lin Iu-hung's forces, which captured Shum Chun and other points on the Canton-Kowloon Railway, have suddenly evacuated those places and retired to Lung Kwong and Ping Shan, but...1924 May 7, “RAILWAY FIGHTING.”, in The Hongkong Telegraph, number 12,478, →OCLC, page 1, column 3
   • 2 Two thousand Japanese troops are concentrated at Shumchun, railroad town opposite Hong Kong border.
   • [...]5 Chinese say they have recovered control of the railway from Sheklung to Shumchun. Reports also are that the Japanese have transferred many troops to the Indo-China border.1941, Leon Bryce Bloch, Lamar Middleton, editors, The War Over in 1940, New York: Living Age Press, →OCLC, page 691

   Synonyms:

   Shenzhen