Zhucheng

See also: zhúchéng, zhùchēng, and zhùchéng

English

Alternative forms

• Chu-ch'eng (Wade–Giles)

Pronunciation

• enPR: jo͞oʹchǔngʹ

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 邾城 (Zhūchéng).

Proper noun

Zhucheng

1. A subdistrict of Xinzhou district, Wuhan, Hubei, China.

Translations

subdistrict in Hubei, China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 邾城 (Zhūchéng)

Etymology 2

诸城龙立方
Zhucheng Dinosaur Cubic

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 諸城／诸城 (Zhūchéng).

Proper noun

Zhucheng

1. A county-level city in Weifang, Shandong, China.
   • 2008 December 30, Beijing Newsroom, “China finds "largest dinosaur fossil site" in world”, in Nick Macfie, editor, Reuters‎^[2], archived from the original on August 4, 2024, Lifestyle:

     Scientists in China say they have discovered the world's largest dinosaur fossil site in the eastern province of Shandong, state media reported on Tuesday.
     Scientists had recovered some 7,600 fossils from a 300 meter (980 ft) long pit near Zhucheng city over the past seven months, Xinhua news agency said. […]
     Zhucheng, known locally as China's "Dinosaur City," has produced dinosaur fossils in some 30 sites, according to local media.

   • 2011 April 25, Alan Wheatley, “A Worry for Beijing That Goes Beyond Cities”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2011-04-27, Inside Asia‎^[4]:

     Consolidation of land took off around Zhucheng, a thriving town in Shandong Province, in 2007.

Descendants

• Translingual: Zhuchengceratops, Zhuchengtitan, Zhuchengtyrannus

Translations

county-level city in Shandong, China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 諸城／诸城 (zh) (Zhūchéng)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Zhucheng”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[5], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3566, column 1