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Zhongwei

Syllables: Zhong·wei/d͡ʒɔŋˈweɪ/

Zhongwei proper noun: a prefecture-level city of the Ningxia autonomous region, China.

Proper noun

Zhongwei

  1. A prefecture-level city of the Ningxia autonomous region, China.
    • The Central Weather Bureau in Taipei pinpointed the epicenter of the August 16 earthquake on the Chinese mainland at a spot in the vicinity of Chungwei, Ninghsia province.[…]
      Chungwei is located on a railway near the Great Wall. It is close to the boundary of Kansu. The earthquake was powerful...[1976 August 22, “Second quake”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly], volume XVII, number 33, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 3
    • WE GET OFF the train in the town of Zhongwei in the largely Muslim Ningxia autonomous region.1980 March, Rick Gore, “Journey to China's Far West”, in National Geographic Magazine, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 310, column 1

Origin of Zhongwei

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 中衛 /中卫 (Zhōngwèi).

Questions about Zhongwei

What does Zhongwei mean?
Zhongwei means a prefecture-level city of the Ningxia autonomous region, China.
What part of speech is Zhongwei?
Zhongwei is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Zhongwei?
Zhongwei is pronounced /d͡ʒɔŋˈweɪ/.

Words near Zhongwei in the dictionary

  1. zhongruan
  2. Zhongs
  3. Zhongsha
  4. Zhongshan
  5. Zhongshan Station
  6. Zhongwei
  7. Zhongxiang
  8. Zhongyang
  9. Zhongyuan
  10. Zhongzhan
  11. Zhongzheng

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