Tongren

See also: tóngrén

English

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 同仁 (Tóngrén).

Proper noun

Tongren

1. A county-level city in Huangnan, Qinghai, China.
   • 2010 October 22, Edward Wong, “Tibetans in China Protest Proposed Curbs on Their Language”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 July 2011, Asia Pacific‎^[2]:

     The protests this week have mostly unfolded in Tibetan towns in Qinghai Province, a vast, sparsely populated region that is historically important as a center of Tibetan culture.
     They began at a high school on Tuesday in the town of Tongren, known as Rebkong in Tibetan, and then widened. […]
     The principal of a primary school in Huangzhong County, northwest of Tongren, confirmed by telephone that peaceful protests had taken place.

Translations

county-level city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 同仁 (Tóngrén)

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 銅仁／铜仁 (Tóngrén).

Proper noun

Tongren

1. A prefecture-level city in Guizhou, China.
   • 2007 August 14, “Bridge collapse in China kills at least 22”, in The New York Times‎^[3], sourced from Beijing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on June 02, 2024, Asia Pacific‎^[4]:

     Part of the bridge collapsed across a highway linking Fenghuang County to an airport in the Tongren region of neighboring Guizhou Province, according to a notice posted on the local government Web site on Tuesday.

Translations

prefecture-level city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 銅仁／铜仁 (zh) (Tóngrén)

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