Gongyi

gōngyì English Etymology From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 鞏義. Pronunciation go͝ong′ē′ en Gong yi Proper noun en county-level city prefecture-level city/Zhengzhou province/Henan c/China. en 21 April 1992 14 April 1992 Burden Sharing as Transitional Measure Daily Report: China https://archive.org/details/fbis-reports_fbis-chi-92-077/ 77 w:Foreign Broadcast Information Service Beijing XINHUA 0892-0141 1113433 28 https://archive.org/details/fbis-reports_fbis-chi-92-077/page/n32/ 1 Gongyi City, in central China’s Henan Province, adopted a model housing program which emphasized pooling funds for housing construction. Over the past four years, the city has collected over 88.29 million yuan, including 54.54 million yuan from individuals, and has completed residential construction of over 370,000 square meters. en May 9, 2006 World Briefing Asia: China: Arson Attack On School Kills 3 Children https://web.archive.org/web/20230316194900/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/09/world/world-briefing-asia-china-arson-attack-on-school-kills-3-children.html 16 March 2023 A 19-year-old man in Gongyi, in Henan Province, entered a room where 21 children were having classes, locked the door, ignited a can of gasoline and set the room on fire, killing at least three 5-year-olds and injuring 14 others, a local official and state news media said. A teacher was also injured. en 2015 Damian Harper; et al. China https://archive.org/details/lonelyplanetchin00dami_1/ w:Lonely Planet 1-74059-687-0 466628214 432 https://archive.org/details/lonelyplanetchin00dami_1/page/432/ Gongyi City (Gǒngyì Shì), formerly called Gongxian County, is between Zhèngzhōu and Luòyáng and is home to a fascinating series of Buddhist caves and tombs built by the Northern Song emperors (c AD 517). More than 7700 Buddhist figures populate 256 shrines. en July 20, 2021 Ryan Woo Dozen central Chinese cities under water as river banks burst Nick Macfie https://web.archive.org/web/20210720115456/https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/dozen-central-chinese-cities-under-water-river-banks-burst-2021-07-20/ 20 July 2021 w:Reuters "This is the heaviest rain since I was born, with so many familiar places flooded," said an internet user in the inundated city of Gongyi on Chinese social media. Translations county-level city Chinese: Cantonese: yue 鞏義 Mandarin: cmn 鞏義 Gǒngyì Japanese: ja Further reading en 2008 Gongyi Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/ 2nd 1 New York Columbia University Press 978-0-231-14554-1 2008009181 212893637 1386 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/page/1386/ 3 en 2-syllable words