Xingcheng

See also: xíngchéng

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 興城／兴城 (Xīngchéng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪŋˈt͡ʃɛŋ/, /-t͡ʃʌŋ/

Proper noun

Xingcheng

1. A county-level city in Huludao, Liaoning, China.
   • [1947 October 31, “Communist and Nationalist Order of Battle, Military Information: Manchuria and Hopei-Jehol”, in Intelligence Report‎^[1], Central Intelligence Group, page 3:

     1 October
     The Nationalists estimate ten days will be required to repair the railroad from Shanhaikuan to Hsingcheng.]

   • 2020 July 17, Raymond Zhong, “China's Swimwear Capital Can't Wait for You to Go Back to the Beach”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-07-17‎^[3]:

     Xingcheng (pronounced SHING-chung), an out-of-the-way factory town on China’s northeastern coast, claims to make a quarter of the world’s swimwear. This year, though, when China forced its people to stay home to stop the coronavirus, Xingcheng’s production of trunks, bikinis and one-pieces ground to a halt.

Translations

county-level city

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: please add this translation if you can

  Mandarin: 興城／兴城 (zh) (Xīngchéng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Xingcheng”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3503, column 1