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Shaoxing
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Shàoxīng
English
Alternative forms
en Shao-hsing Shaohsing Wade-Giles
en Shaohing Postal
Etymology
From the en cmn-pinyin -en 1982 Selected Glossary The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China https://archive.org/details/cambridgeencyclo00hook/ Cambridge University Press 0521230993 79-42627 781411242 476, 484 https://archive.org/details/cambridgeencyclo00hook/page/484/ The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin,Shao-hsing (Shaoxing) zh 紹興 romanization of en cmn 紹興 Shàoxīng, named for an era of the Song dynasty.en 2000 Wilkinson Endymion Endymion Wilkinson Geography Chinese History: A New Manual https://archive.org/details/chinesehistoryma0000wilk/ Rev. & enl. Harvard University Press 0-674-00249-0 99-056876 924956937 135 https://archive.org/details/chinesehistoryma0000wilk/page/135/ Cities were not infrequently named after the era name in which they were founded (e.g., Shaoxing zh 紹興 in Zhejiang, after the Shaoxing era, 1131-62).
Pronunciation
en /ʃaʊˈʃɪŋ/
shouʹshǐngʹen 1952 Shaohing or Shao-hsing Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 1745 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/1745/ 1
en Shao xing
Proper noun
en prefecture-level city in eastern p/Zhejiang c/China, along the southern shore of Hangzhou Bay, the site of the former capitals of the Yue kingdom and Kuaiji Commandery.
February 27, 2009 w:David Barboza A Textile Capital of China Is Hobbled by a Downturn Gone Global https://web.archive.org/web/20110401172830/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/28/business/worldbusiness/28textile.html World Business 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.
en 12 January 2023 China claims worst of the Covid wave over w:EFE https://web.archive.org/web/20251126110422/https://pre.efe.com/en/latest-news/2023-01-12/coronavirus-china-4/ https://pre.efe.com/en/latest-news/2023-01-12/coronavirus-china-4/ November 26, 2025 Cities such as Jinan and Shaoxing (east) have warned of the possibility of a second wave of infections close to the Lunar New Year, set to be celebrated between Jan. 21 and 27 this year.
Hyponyms
districts en Yuecheng, en Shangyu, en Keqiao
secondary cities en Zhuji, en Shengzhou
counties en Xinchang
Derived terms
en Shaoxing wine
Translations
city in Zhejiang
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 紹興
Mandarin: cmn 紹興 Shàoxīng
French: fr Shaoxing
Japanese: ja
Korean: ko
References
Anagrams
en aghinosx hoaxings
French
fr:
Alternative forms
fr Chao-Chigne obsolete
Proper noun
fr prefecture-level city in eastern p/Zhejiang c/China Shaoxing