Tongcheng

See also: tōngchēng and tǒngchēng

English

Alternative forms

• Tungcheng (Postal Romanization)
• T'ung-ch'eng (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 通城 (Tōngchéng).

Proper noun

Tongcheng

1. A county of Xianning, Hubei, China.
   • [1973, Rewi Alley, “Some Hunan Journeys”, in 中国见闻‎^[1], Peking: New World Press, →OCLC, page 37‎^[2]:

     It is not so far to Hsiangsse Commune from Maotien. Only nine kilometres. But the way lies over a range of mountains through which the commune members, using a ton and a half of explosive most of which they made themselves, blasted a road a couple of winters ago. It not only connects the commune with Maotien, but also with another highway that leads into Tungcheng county of Hupeh province over its border.]

   • 2018 April 9, Yujing Liu, “Thousands of tombs ‘taking up space of living’ demolished in China”, in South China Morning Post‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 April 2018, People & Culture‎^[4]:

     It is a custom among people living in Tongcheng county in Hubei province to commission their tomb while still alive, but the local authorities say the structures sprawl across the local area and have even been built in public parks as well as rural areas, […]

2. A town in Wuxi, Chongqing, China.

Translations

county in central China; town in western China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 通城 (zh) (Tōngchéng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• Tengchong