Shaoxing

See also: Shàoxīng

English

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of Mandarin 紹興／绍兴 (Shàoxīng), named for an era of the Song dynasty.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃaʊˈʃɪŋ/

Proper noun

Shaoxing

  1. A prefecture-level city in eastern Zhejiang, China, along the southern shore of Hangzhou Bay, the site of the former capitals of the Yue kingdom and Kuaiji Commandery.
    • 2009 February 27, David Barboza, “A Textile Capital of China Is Hobbled by a Downturn Gone Global”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2011-04-01, World Business‎:
      Now, demand is waning in the United States, and Shaoxing, a coastal city that is one of the world’s biggest textile centers, has fallen victim to the global downturn.

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

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References
  1. “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China‎, Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 476, 484: “The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin, […] Shao-hsing (Shaoxing) 紹興”
  2. Wilkinson, Endymion (2000) “Geography”, in Chinese History: A New Manual‎, Rev. & enl. edition, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 135: “Cities were not infrequently named after the era name in which they were founded (e.g., Shaoxing 紹興 in Zhejiang, after the Shaoxing era, 1131-62).”

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Proper noun

Shaoxing ?

  1. Shaoxing (a prefecture-level city in eastern Zhejiang, China)
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