Shunyi
Syllables: Shun·yi
Shunyi proper noun: a district of Beijing, China.
Proper noun
Shunyi
- A district of Beijing, China.
- The controversy took off this week after a user of Weibo, a popular Chinese microblog service, accused Mr. Gärtner of insulting Chinese people after a standoff over the parking spot in Shunyi, a district in northeast Beijing where many middle-class foreigners and Chinese live in townhouse...2016 November 22, Chris Buckley, “Daimler Executive Is Removed After Accusations of Insulting Chinese”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Nov 2016, Asia Pacific
- Beijing sealed off 10 areas of its northeastern Shunyi district on Tuesday, the first lockdown in the Chinese capital since the last coronavirus outbreak in the months of June and July.
- The city has reported 16 infections and three asymptomatic cases since Dec. 18, when the first cases were found. Most of the cases were in Shunyi, which has banned couriers from entering residential compounds.2020 December 29, Colin Qian, Ryan Woo, “China's capital locks down part of district in coronavirus fight”, in Clarence Fernandez, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2022, Health
Origin of Shunyi
From Mandarin 順義 /顺义 (Shùnyì).
Questions about Shunyi
- What does Shunyi mean?
- Shunyi means a district of Beijing, China.
- What part of speech is Shunyi?
- Shunyi is a proper noun.
Words near Shunyi in the dictionary
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