Shaoxing

See also: Shàoxīng

English

Etymology

From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 紹興／绍兴 (Shàoxīng), named for an era of the Song dynasty.m

Proper noun

Shaoxing

1. (geography) A city in Zhejiang along the southern shore of Hangzhou Bay, the site of the former capitals of the Yue kingdom and Kuaiji Commandery.

Hyponyms

• (districts): Yuecheng, Shangyu, Keqiao
• (secondary cities): Zhuji, Shengzhou
• (counties): Xinchang

Translations

city in Zhejiang

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紹興／绍兴 (zh) (Shàoxīng), 绍兴 (zh) (Shàoxīng)

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