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Zhangzi

Syllables: Zhang·zi/d͡ʒɑŋˈd͡ʒiː/

Zhangzi proper noun: a county of Changzhi, Shanxi, China.

Proper noun

Zhangzi

  1. A county of Changzhi, Shanxi, China.
    • Commander Li further charged that the son of the biggest landlord in Licheng County had headed the 7,000-man work team in Changtzu.[...]Be that as it may, Li spread the thesis that, as soon as Liu Shao-ch'i issued his abysmal ten points, the "agents" in the Region gathered together 7,000 cadres and...[1983, William Hinton, “A Zigzag Road”, in Shenfan, New York: Vintage Books, published 1984, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 361, 362
    • There was a warm response to Chao's directive on the establishment of a personal responsibility system in government organizations. However, each government organization goes its own way in implementing the system, as can be seen from the following extract from a People's Daily report on the...[1985, Yuen Chen, Perspectives on Development in Mainland China, Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 164

Examples of Zhangzi in a sentence

  • The Chongqing Temple in Zhangzi County, Shanxi Province, holds a set of late 11th-century clay sculptures of high quality.1996, The Dictionary of Art, volume 6, Macmillan, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 717:
  • More than 5,300 square meters of dragon fruit have entered the bloom season in Xihan Village in Zhangzi County, northern China's Shanxi Province.2021 July 28, “Time-lapse video shows how dragon fruit blossoms in N China”, in CGTN, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2021:

Synonyms of Zhangzi

Origin of Zhangzi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 長子 /长子 (Zhǎngzǐ).

Questions about Zhangzi

What does Zhangzi mean?
Zhangzi means a county of Changzhi, Shanxi, China.
How do you use Zhangzi in a sentence?
The Chongqing Temple in Zhangzi County, Shanxi Province, holds a set of late 11th-century clay sculptures of high quality.
What part of speech is Zhangzi?
Zhangzi is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Zhangzi?
Zhangzi is pronounced /d͡ʒɑŋˈd͡ʒiː/.

Words near Zhangzi in the dictionary

  1. Zhangwu
  2. Zhangye
  3. Zhangzhou
  4. Zhangzhounese
  5. Zhangzhung
  6. Zhangzi
  7. Zhanhe
  8. Zhanjiang
  9. zhanmadao
  10. zhanmadaos
  11. Zhanna

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