Weicheng

See also: wēichéng and wéichéng

English

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 渭城 (Wèichéng).

Proper noun

Weicheng

1. A district of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 渭城 (zh) (Wèichéng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 濰城 / 潍城 (Wéichéng).

Proper noun

Weicheng

1. A district of Weifang, Shandong, China.
   • 1991 March, “Newly Opened Places of Interest in Shandong Province”, in Chapman Lee, transl., China Tourism, number 129, H.K. China Tourism Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 88, column 2:

     The museum is located on the eastern bank of the Bailang River in the Weicheng District of Weifang City and can be reached from Zibo, Qingdao or Yantai.

   • 2004, Ian Johnson, Wild Grass: Three Stories of Change in Modern China‎^[1], New York: Pantheon Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 216:

     I am 22 years of age. I live in Weicheng District of Weifang City.

   • 2019 April 19, Siu-san Wong, Lee Wang-yam, Shi Shan, “Chinese Courts Hand Down Jail Terms to PLA Veterans After Protests”, in Luisetta Mudie, transl., edited by Luisetta Mudie, Radio Free Asia‎^[2], archived from the original on 19 April 2019‎^[3]:

     Sentences ranging from suspended prison terms to jail terms of up to six years were handed down by courts in Jiangsu's Xuzhou city and Shandong's Weifang city on Friday.
     The sentences were handed down by the Weicheng District People's Court in Weifang and the Tongshan District People's Court in Xuzhou, for public order offenses including "disrupting public order," "obstructing officials in the course of their duty," and "gathering a crowd to disturb public order," state news agency Xinhua reported.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 濰城 / 潍城 (zh) (Wéichéng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can