Xingyi

See also: xíngyī

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 興義／兴义 (Xīngyì).

Proper noun

Xingyi

1. A county-level city in Qianxinan, Guizhou, China.
   • 2014 June 16, Didi Kirsten Tatlow, “Father’s Day Plea to Educate China’s ‘Illegal’ Children”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on May 27, 2023, Sinosphere‎^[2]:

     Local officials in Xingyi, Guizhou, denied that Mr. Wang’s death was driven by despair over his financial situation and inability to educate his younger children. But there was widespread speculation that it was so, with Mr. Wang having spent the days before his death anxiously asking local officials about the fine, which he couldn’t afford to pay, according to Chinese media reports.

Translations

county-level city

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 興義／兴义 (hing¹ ji⁶)

  Mandarin: 興義／兴义 (zh) (Xīngyì)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can