Shuntak
/ʃʌntɑk/
Shuntak proper noun: synonym of Shunde (Foshan, Guangdong, China): the Cantonese-derived name.
Proper noun
Shuntak
- Synonym of Shunde (Foshan, Guangdong, China): the Cantonese-derived name.
- In 1854 a Triad army, commanded by Tai Chün-kat, attacked Taileung, the chief city of the Shuntak district and captured it after half an hour's fighting. Tai Chün-kat, who appears to have been of a merciful disposition, successfully exerted himself in preventing the gentry and wealthy inhabitants...1894-1895, William Stanton, “The Triad Society, Or Heaven and Earth Association”, in The China Review: Or, Notes and Queries on the Far East, volume 21, Hong Kong: 'China Mail' Office, page 179
- The principal lichee-producing districts in Kwangtung Province are Namhoi, Pun Yu, Tsang Shing, and Tung Kun. Some lichees are grown in the Heungshan, Shuntak, and Samshui districts, and while they are produced in abundance in the Yeung Kong and Shui Tung districts they are of inferior quality.1915 September 24, F. D. Cheshire, “The Famous Lichee of China”, in Commercial Reports: Daily Consular and Trade Reports, volume 3, number 224, page 1434
- Synonyms:
- Shunde
Examples of Shuntak in a sentence
- In 1854 a Triad army, commanded by Tai Chün-kat, attacked Taileung, the chief city of the Shuntak district and captured it after half an hour's fighting.1894-1895, William Stanton, “The Triad Society, Or Heaven and Earth Association”, in The China Review: Or, Notes and Queries on the Far...
- All the silk business of Kwangtung Province centers in Shuntak (south of Canton, in the Canton delta area).1931 March 30, “Extent of Kwangtung's Silk Industry”, in Commercial Reports: A Weekly Survey of Foreign Trade, number 13, page 813:
- Heungshaan and Naamhoi Districts lying to the south and north of Shuntak respectively each have close to one-half the mulberry acreage of the last name district.1939, Glenn T. Trewartha, “Field Observations on the Canton Delta of South China”, in Economic Geography, volume 15, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN...
- So we are all meeting together at the ferry pier, since we are going to Shuntak County, to a commune production brigade lying somewhere among all the waterways of the Pearl River Delta.1970, Lei De Wei, “Five Days Are Not Enough”, in Eastern Horizon, volume IX, number 2, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page...
Synonyms of Shuntak
Forms of Shuntak
| alternative form | Shun Tak |
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Origin of Shuntak
Borrowed from Cantonese 順德／顺德 (seon6 dak1).
Questions about Shuntak
- What does Shuntak mean?
- Shuntak means synonym of Shunde (Foshan, Guangdong, China): the Cantonese-derived name.
- How do you use Shuntak in a sentence?
- In 1854 a Triad army, commanded by Tai Chün-kat, attacked Taileung, the chief city of the Shuntak district and captured it after half an hour's fighting.
- What part of speech is Shuntak?
- Shuntak is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Shuntak?
- Shuntak is pronounced /ʃʌntɑk/.
Words near Shuntak in the dictionary
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