Zhong
/d͡ʒɔŋ/
Zhong proper noun: a surname.
Proper noun (1)
Zhong (plural Zhongs)
- A surname.
Proper noun (2)
Zhong
- A county of Chongqing, China.
- Chung County has posted notices on the provincial party committee's 12 regulations in every production team.[1978 May 11 [1978 May 9], “Szechwan Propagates 12-Point Policy on Rural Economy”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 92, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced...
- Under special conditions (when the previous year is one of abundant sand and the following year is a dry one), there are four locations in the river section that has many sandbar accumulations between Changshou and Zhong County where temporary silt accumulation may occur, making it possible to...1986 March 13 [1985 October 15], China Report Economic Affairs Energy: Status and Development 47, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →OCLC, page 45
Examples of Zhong in a sentence
- In the spring of 1943, not long before Mother fled her home in Zhong County and came to Chongqing, Father's unit was transferred to another city.1998 [1997], Hong Ying, translated by Howard Goldblatt, Daughter of the River, New York: Grove Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 92:
- Blue Sky Rescue, a volunteer group that conducts search and rescue and other emergency work, have teamed up with villagers in Zhong county near the city of Chongqing.2020 December 12, Sam McNeil, “Flamethrower drone incinerates wasp nests in China”, in AP News, archived from the original on 12 Dec 2020:
Forms of Zhong
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Origin of Zhong
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 忠 (Zhōng).
Phrases with Zhong
Questions about Zhong
- What does Zhong mean?
- Zhong means a surname.
- How do you use Zhong in a sentence?
- In the spring of 1943, not long before Mother fled her home in Zhong County and came to Chongqing, Father's unit was transferred to another city.
- What part of speech is Zhong?
- Zhong is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Zhong?
- Zhong is pronounced /d͡ʒɔŋ/.
Words near Zhong in the dictionary
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