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Shaoguan
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English
Alternative forms
en Shaokuan Shao-kuan Wade-Giles
Etymology
From the en cmn-pinyin -en 1972 Shabad Theodore Index China's Changing Map https://archive.org/details/chinaschangingma0000unse/ New York Frederick A. Praeger 71-178868 482667885 345, 361 https://archive.org/details/chinaschangingma0000unse/page/361/ Chinese place names are listed in three common spelling styles:(1) the Post Office system,(2) the Wade-Giles system,shown after the main entry(3) the Chinese Communists' own Pinyin romanization system, which also appears in parenthesesShiukwan (Shaokwan, Shao-kuan, Shaoguan) romanization of the en cmn 韶關.
Pronunciation
en /ʃaʊˈɡwɑn/
Proper noun
en prefecture-level city p/Guangdong c/China.
en 2007 James A. Millward Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang https://archive.org/details/eurasian-crossroads-a-history-of-xinjiang-2021-1/ London w:Hurst & Company 2021 978-1-78738-334-0 1233311830 368 https://archive.org/details/eurasian-crossroads-a-history-of-xinjiang-2021-1/page/368/ The transfers began in the early 2000s, and by the first half of 2009, nearly 100,000 Uyghur workers had been sent east under this programme. Several hundred of them were working from May 2009 in the Xuri Toy Factory in Shaoguan, Guangdong, a facility that made toys for Hasboro, Mattel and other international companies.
en 07/07/2009 Disha Uppal Tension Remains High in Xinjiang Anne Thomas w:Deutsche Welle https://web.archive.org/web/20240128172323/https://www.dw.com/en/tension-remains-high-in-xinjiang/a-5213600 28 January 2024 https://www.dw.com/en/tension-remains-high-in-xinjiang/a-5213600 The region has been simmering since a factory brawl in the southern Chinese city Shaoguan last month that killed two Uighurs.
Synonyms
from Cantonese Postal Romanization en Shiukwan
Translations
prefecture-level city in Guangdong
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 韶關 siu4 gwaan1
Mandarin: cmn 韶關 Sháoguān
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