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Zhongyuan

Syllables: Zhong·yuan/ˈt͡ʃɔŋ.jæn/

Zhongyuan proper noun: synonym of Ghost Festival.

Proper noun (1)

Zhongyuan

  1. Synonym of Ghost Festival.
    Synonyms:
    Ghost Festival

Proper noun (2)

Zhongyuan

  1. A district of Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
    • On the night of 19 April, Hou Zongbin, secretary of the Henan Provincial CPC Committee, Zhang Zhigang. member of the Henan Provincial CPC Committee, and leaders of the Henan Provincial Public Security Department and Zhengzhou City went to Zhongyuan District Public Security Bureau, Ludong Village...1990 April 25 [1990 April 20], “Henan's Hou Zongbin Inspects Police Substation”, in Daily Report: China, number 080, sourced from Zhengzhou Henan Provincial Service, translation of original in...
    • As early as 2002, the People's Court of Zhongyuan District in Zhengzhou, He'nan^([sic – meaning Henan]) Province, a court at the basic level, issued Several Provisions on the Application of the Precedent Decisions Mechanism (Guanyu Shixing Xianli Panjue Zhidu de Ruogan Guiding), under which the...2012, Zhenbao Jin, “From a Supplementary Legislator to a Legitimate Judicial Lawmaker—On the Role of the Supreme People's Court in Developing the Law in Mainland China”, in Lei Chen, C.H. (Remco) van...
  2. Synonym of Central Plain: A region of China, on the Yellow River, the cradle of Chinese civilization
    Synonyms:
    Central Plain

Synonyms of Zhongyuan

Forms of Zhongyuan

alternative formChungyuan

Origin of Zhongyuan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 中元節 /中元节 (Zhōngyuánjié), from 中元 (Zhōngyuán, “central & fundamental”), a name for the 15th day of the 7th month of the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar, on which the festival is celebrated.

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 中原 (Zhōngyuán).

Questions about Zhongyuan

What does Zhongyuan mean?
Zhongyuan means synonym of Ghost Festival.
What part of speech is Zhongyuan?
Zhongyuan is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Zhongyuan?
Zhongyuan is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɔŋ.jæn/.

Words near Zhongyuan in the dictionary

  1. Zhongshan
  2. Zhongshan Station
  3. Zhongwei
  4. Zhongxiang
  5. Zhongyang
  6. Zhongyuan
  7. Zhongzhan
  8. Zhongzheng
  9. zhoosh
  10. zhooshed
  11. zhooshes

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