Shanghang

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 上杭 (Shàngháng).

Pronunciation

• enPR: shängʹhängʹ

Proper noun

Shanghang

1. A county of Longyan, Fujian, China.
   • 1970, Martin Ebon, “Boy from Hupeh (1907-1930)”, in Lin Piao: The Life and Writings of China's New Ruler‎^[2], New York: Stein and Day, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 19:

     In June of that year, Lin led a Red Army detachment to the village of Tsaihsi, in the Shanghang county of Fukien Province.

   • 1977, Ho Wei, “My Visits to Riverside Pavilion”, in Chinese Literature [中国文学]‎^[3], volume 7, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, page 10:

     Riverside Pavilion, to the east of Floating Bridge Gate, Shanghang County in western Fukien Province is an unusual pavilion.

   • 1990, “Introduction”, in Roger Thompson, transl., Report from Xunwu‎^[4], Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 38:

     This 1941 volume contains, for example, Mao's October 1930 investigation of the Jiangxi county of Xingguo and reports on the administration of two subcounty areas in Xingguo and in Shanghang County, Fujian.

   • 2010 July 28, Donny Kwok, “Zijin says executive detained in toxic spill probe”, in Ken Wills, editor, Reuters‎^[5], archived from the original on 27 August 2022‎^[6]:

     Zijin had been ordered to curb gold mining production after a pollution discharge in Shanghang county, Fujian province, and it expected to lose about 1 tonne of gold production this year as a result.

Translations

county in Fujian

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 上杭 (soeng⁶ hong⁴)

  Mandarin: 上杭 (Shàngháng)