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Xingcheng

Syllables: Xing·cheng/ʃɪŋˈt͡ʃɛŋ/

Xingcheng proper noun: a county-level city of Huludao, Liaoning, China.

Proper noun

Xingcheng

  1. A county-level city of Huludao, Liaoning, China.
    • 1 October
      The Nationalists estimate ten days will be required to repair the railroad from Shanhaikuan to Hsingcheng.[1947 October 31, “Communist and Nationalist Order of Battle, Military Information: Manchuria and Hopei-Jehol”, in Intelligence Report, Central Intelligence Group, page 3
    • Xingcheng (pronounced SHING-chung), an out-of-the-way factory town on China’s northeastern coast, claims to make a quarter of the world’s swimwear. This year, though, when China forced its people to stay home to stop the coronavirus, Xingcheng’s production of trunks, bikinis and one-pieces ground...2020 July 17, Raymond Zhong, “China's Swimwear Capital Can't Wait for You to Go Back to the Beach”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2020

Origin of Xingcheng

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 興城 /兴城 (Xīngchéng).

Questions about Xingcheng

What does Xingcheng mean?
Xingcheng means a county-level city of Huludao, Liaoning, China.
What part of speech is Xingcheng?
Xingcheng is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Xingcheng?
Xingcheng is pronounced /ʃɪŋˈt͡ʃɛŋ/.

Words near Xingcheng in the dictionary

  1. Xinfeng
  2. Xinfu
  3. xing
  4. Xing out
  5. Xing'an
  6. Xingcheng
  7. Xingguo
  8. Xinghai
  9. Xinghua
  10. Xinghualing
  11. Xingjiang

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