Changxing

See also: chángxìng, chángxíng, and chàngxíng

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 長興／长兴.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(ˈ)t͡ʃæŋˈʃɪŋ/, emulating Chinese /(ˈ)t͡ʃɑŋˈʃiŋ/

Proper noun

Changxing

1. A county of Huzhou, Zhejiang, China.
   • [1973, Rewi Alley, “Chekiang”, in Travels in China, 1966-71 [中国见闻]‎^[1], Peking: New World Press, →OCLC, page 454:

     To Huchow […]
     Next morning I got an early start and, going north into Changhsing county, cut inland towards the Anhwei border to Wushan Commune, going through the hills for some time, and then coming to a wide canal along which a motor launch took me to the commune headquarters situated in a pleasant village up on the canal bank.]

   • 2022 August 18, Tiffany May, Joy Dong, “Factory Shutdowns, Showers for Pigs: China’s Heat Wave Strains Economy”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 August 2022, Extreme Weather:

     An inflatable swimming pool in a gated community in Changxing County, Zhejiang Province, during a heat wave last week.

Derived terms

• Changhsingian

Translations

county

• Chinese:

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  Mandarin: 長興／长兴 (zh)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can