Xingshan

See also: xīngshān, xíngshān, xíngshàn, and xìngshàn

English

Alternative forms

• Hingshan (Postal Romanization)
• Hsing-shan (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 興山／兴山 (Xīngshān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪŋˈʃɑn/, /-ʃæn/

Proper noun

Xingshan

1. A district of Hegang, Heilongjiang, China.
2. A county of Yichang, Hubei, China.
   • [1976, Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East‎^[1], British Broadcasting Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9:

     HUPEH In the struggle to criticize Teng, Hsingshan County CCP Committee has persisted in running theory courses by radio. About 70% of the peasant households in the county can receive wired broadcasts.]

   • 2020 March 18, Javier C. Hernández, “China Hits a Coronavirus Milestone: No New Local Infections”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-03-19‎^[3]:

     In a village near Xingshan County in western Hubei, a message instructing residents to resume work came blasting over a loudspeaker earlier this month, echoing across the fertile hills.

Translations

county in central China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 興山／兴山 (zh) (Xīngshān)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Xingshan”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3503, column 2