Gongyi

See also: gōngyì

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鞏義／巩义 (Gǒngyì).

Proper noun

Gongyi

1. A county-level city in Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
   • 2006 May 9, “World Briefing Asia: China: Arson Attack On School Kills 3 Children”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 March 2023‎^[2]:

     A 19-year-old man in Gongyi, in Henan Province, entered a room where 21 children were having classes, locked the door, ignited a can of gasoline and set the room on fire, killing at least three 5-year-olds and injuring 14 others, a local official and state news media said. A teacher was also injured.

   • 2015, Damian Harper et al., China (Lonely Planet)‎^[3], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 432:

     Gongyi City (Gǒngyì Shì), formerly called Gongxian County, is between Zhèngzhōu and Luòyáng and is home to a fascinating series of Buddhist caves and tombs built by the Northern Song emperors (c AD 517). More than 7700 Buddhist figures populate 256 shrines.

   • 2021 July 20, Ryan Woo, “Dozen central Chinese cities under water as river banks burst”, in Nick Macfie, editor, Reuters‎^[4], archived from the original on 20 July 2021‎^[5]:

     "This is the heaviest rain since I was born, with so many familiar places flooded," said an internet user in the inundated city of Gongyi on Chinese social media.

Translations

county-level city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鞏義／巩义 (zh) (Gǒngyì)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Gongyi”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1386, column 3