Dongxiang

dòngxiàng English Dongxiang District Alternative forms en Tung-hsiang Wade-Giles Pronunciation en /dɔŋ.ʃɒŋ/ /dɒŋ-/ /-ʃæŋ/ do͝ongs′hyäng′cf. Tungsiang or Tung-hsiang 1960 3 en Dong xiang Etymology 1 Borrowed from the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 東鄉. Noun s * A member of an ethnic group of Gansu Province in China. en 1993 zh:曾庆南<t:Zeng Qingnan>; zh:张纬雯<t:Zhang Weiwen> zh:中国少数民族风情录<t:In Search of China's Minorities> https://archive.org/details/insearchofchinas0000zeng/ Beijing w:New World Press 7-80005-176-5 966066793 60 https://archive.org/details/insearchofchinas0000zeng/page/60/ The Dongxiangs are Islamic and share much in common with the Hui nationality people in their customs. en 13 December 2009 Mark O'Neill Faith in the present https://web.archive.org/web/20231102220514/https://www.scmp.com/article/701116/faith-present 02 November 2023 https://www.scmp.com/article/701116/faith-present w:South China Morning Post 1563-9371 648902513 'In Chinese society, Muslims have a low social status and do low-status jobs,' says Chen Mingjie, a middle-school teacher in Guangzhou. 'Few are in high positions in business or the government; their religion and its rules are seen as a handicap. They run restaurants and small businesses. The Public Security Bureau has Hui [Chinese Muslims not included in other ethnic groups such as the Uygur and Dongxiang] police to look after them. There is very little inter-marriage.' Translations Dongxiang autonomous county Chinese: Cantonese: yue 東鄉族 Mandarin: cmn 東鄉族 Dongxiang: sce Dunxianzu Zizhixien Japanese: ja Kazakh: kk дұңшяң Xibe: sjo ᡩᡠᡢᠰᡞᠶᠠᡢ ᡠᡣᠰᡠᠷᠠ dungsiyang uksura Proper noun en autonomous county autonomous prefecture/Linxia p/Gansu c/China. en MARCH 19, 2006 Jim Yardley Deep in China, a Poor and Pious Muslim Enclave https://web.archive.org/web/20180821115039/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/19/world/asia/deep-in-china-a-poor-and-pious-muslim-enclave.html 21 August 2018 Asia Pacific The most recent census found 513,000 Dongxiang people in China, and an overwhelming majority live in and around Dongxiang County. Of the 25 townships in the county, 19 do not have a single Chinese person. Most people do not speak Chinese, and some, like Mr. Tie, have only a vague notion of China, despite living in the middle of it. The Mongolic language traditionally spoken by these people. en Santa Translations Dongxiang autonomous county Chinese: Cantonese: yue 東鄉族自治縣 Mandarin: cmn 東鄉族自治縣 Japanese: ja ドンシャン自治県 ドンシャンじちけん, Donshan Jichiken language Chinese: Cantonese: yue 東鄉語 Mandarin: cmn 東鄉語 Dongxiang: sce Dunxian kielien Japanese: ja ドンシャン語 ドンシャンご, Donshan Go Xibe: sjo ᡩᡠᡢᠰᡞᠶᠠᡢ ᡤᡞᠰᡠᠨ dungsiyang gisun Etymology 2 From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 東庠. Proper noun en township county/Pingtan prefecture-level city/Fuzhou p/Fujian c/China. en island township/Dongxiang county/Pingtan prefecture-level city/Fuzhou p/Fujian c/China. Translations township, island Chinese: Cantonese: yue 東庠 Mandarin: cmn 東庠 Dōngxiáng Japanese: ja Korean: ko References en Demonyms Languages