Shaoxing

See also: Shàoxīng

English

Alternative forms

• Shao-hsing, Shaohsing (Wade–Giles)
• Shaohing (Postal Romanization)

Etymology

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

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^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2011-04-01, World Business‎^[4]:

     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

Derived terms

• Shaoxing wine

Translations

city in Zhejiang

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紹興／绍兴 (zh) (Shàoxīng)

• French: Shaoxing (fr)
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Anagrams

• hoaxings

French

Alternative forms

• Chao-Chigne (obsolete)

Proper noun

Shaoxing ?

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