Minhang

English

Minhang District in Shanghai

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) Minhong

Etymology

From the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 閔行／闵行 (Mǐnháng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪnhɑŋ/, /mɪnhæŋ/

Proper noun

Minhang

1. A district of Shanghai, China.
   • 1964, Yu-ti (任育地) Jen, “The Middle and Lower Yangtze Region”, in 中国地理概述 [A Concise Geography of China]‎^[1], Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 114:

     Innovations and new construction of the last decade have brought about remarkable changes in Shanghai’s industrial outlook. A dozen industrial districts, such as Minhang, Woosung and Pengpu, which have been built up or extended, have done much to remedy the inadequacies and overconcentration of the past.

   • 2022 June 8, “Shanghai's Minhang district announces new lockdown”, in Reuters‎^[2], archived from the original on 09 June 2022, China‎^[3]:

     The sprawling district of Minhang in central Shanghai has implemented new lockdown measures to detect and control COVID-19 transmission risks, the district government said on Thursday.

Translations

District of Shanghai, China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 閔行／闵行 (zh) (Mǐnháng)