Fengxian

See also: Fèngxián

English

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) Feng-hsien, Fenghsien, Fengsien

Etymology

The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 奉賢／奉贤 (Fèngxián, literally “offer to the worthy”), a 1726 modification of the earlier name 齊賢／齐贤 (Qíxián, literally “equal to the worthy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛŋʃiən/

Proper noun

Fengxian

1. A district of Shanghai, China.
   • 1938 August 24 [1938 August 21], “Japanese Round Up Guerillas”, in North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette‎^[1], volume CCVIII, number 3707, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 316, column 4:

     At Fengsien, 45 kilometres due south of Shanghai, a Japanese force attacked a band of 400 guerillas at 4 a.m. on August 13, putting them to flight.

   • [1987, Ronald Hardy, “Escape”, in The Wings of the Wind‎^[2] (Fiction), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 34:

     He found a Rev. Dr. Arthur Cannon at an address on the Shanghai road near to Fengsien.]

   • 2014 September 26, Didi Kirsten Tatlow, Slyvia Zhang, “For Shanghai Jobs, Only ‘Normal Size’ Need Apply”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 March 2023‎^[4]:

     At the Shanghai Fengxian District Huangpu River Flood Prevention Center, which was seeking an accountant, a man who answered the phone said: “We have female employees. We do not discriminate against women. But we want to hire more men, because this work includes night shifts. Women might be frightened to be alone in the building at night.”

Translations

District of Shanghai, China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奉賢／奉贤 (zh) (Fèngxián)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Fengxian”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[5], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1215, column 3