Hengqin

See also: Héngqín

English

Map including 大橫琴 Ta-heng-ch'in and 小橫琴 Hsiao-heng-ch'in (AMS, 1954)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 橫琴 / 横琴 (Héngqín).

Proper noun

Hengqin

1. An island in Xiangzhou district, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China, partially leased by Macau.
   • [1910 July 23 [1910 July 18], “THE MACAO AFFAIR”, in The Japan Weekly Mail: A Review of Japanese Commerce, Politics, Literature, and Art‎^[1], volume LIV, number 4, Yokohama, page 102, column 2:

     A strange telegram comes from Peking. It says that at some date prior to the 11th inst., a Chinese squadron attacked the Portuguese gun-boats lying off Hengchin Island, and inflicted a loss of over 10 killed and wounded. The Governor of Macao at once despatched reinforcements which bombarded the island and caused many casualties.]

   • 2013 July 14, Joyce Lau, Calvin Yang, “University of Macau Moves Over the China Border”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 July 2013, Asia Pacific:

     When classes start in September, the University of Macau’s new campus — still under construction on about a square kilometer, or roughly 250 acres, on Hengqin Island in southern Guangdong Province — will be “handed over” to Macau governance in accordance with a 2009 bill by the National People’s Congress in Beijing.

   • 2014 January 2, Farah Master, “Macau rakes in $45 billion gaming revenue in 2013, up 19%”, in Christopher Cushing, editor, Reuters‎^[3], archived from the original on 12 October 2023, Business News‎^[4]:

     China’s expanding high-speed train network and projects such as a 38 billion yuan bridge connecting Hong Kong, Macau and Zhuhai on the mainland are reducing travelling times to Macau. The development of neighbouring Hengqin island - which is also part of mainland China - is also likely to boost visitors to Macau.

   • 2019 June 14, “Portuguese, Japanese and Chinese”, in Macau Business‎^[5], archived from the original on 16 September 2023‎^[6]:

     In several documents of the 19th Century and first half of the 20th Century these two islands appear as part of the colony of Macau, but it is true that they never held strategic or economic interest for the Portuguese – which is understandable: while the island now known as Hengqin occupies a total land area of 106.46 square kilometres, only 28 are good for development.

   • 2021 September 10, “China, Hong Kong, Macao banks to offer regional investments”, in AP News‎^[7], archived from the original on 10 September 2021‎^[8]:

     The announcement comes days after Beijing announced plans to include Qianhai, a special co-operation zone in Guangdong’s Shenzhen, and Hengqin, an island in the southern city of Zhuhai, as part of the Greater Bay Area’s long-term development.

   • 2021 November 21, “On Chinese islands next to Macau, great stories of pirates, typhoons and war played out”, in South China Morning Post‎^[9], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 November 2021‎^[10]:

     It’s hard to imagine now, but there were once three mountainous, verdant islands between Macau and mainland China. The Portuguese named them Dom João, Montanha and Lapa. Later the islands became known in Chinese as Xiao (Little) Hengqin, Da (Big) Hengqin and Wanzai, respectively.
     The two Hengqins, which faced Coloane and Taipa, were eventually joined by land reclamation to form a single island while Wanzai, a mere few hundred metres from Macau’s Inner Harbour (Porto Interior), saw its inclines levelled enough to become a peninsula.

   • 2022 October 28, “Guangdong man infected with Covid-19 visited Macau earlier this week”, in Macau Business Media‎^[11], archived from the original on 2022-10-28‎^[12]:

     He reportedly left Macau with his friends on the night of 25 October (Tuesday) for Hengqin to drive home. They were immediately taken to quarantine upon arrival in Yeungkong city.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Hengqin.

Translations

island

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 橫琴 / 横琴 (Héngqín)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• Dom João, Montanha

Further reading

• Hengqin at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.