Changning

See also: Chángníng

English

Changning District in Shanghai

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) Ch'ang-ning

Etymology

The atonal pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 長寧／长宁 (Chángníng, literally “Long Pacified”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(ˈ)t͡ʃɑŋˈnɪŋ/, /(ˈ)t͡ʃæŋˈnɪŋ/

Proper noun

Changning

1. A district of Shanghai, China.
   • 2005, Shanghai (Insight Guides)‎^[1], Apa Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 189:

     In an early 20th-century shikumen (stone gate) house on Lane 1376 Yuyuan Road is the Changning District Revolutionary Historical Relic Exhibition Hall and Editorial Offices of the Bolshevik ③ (Changning Qu Geming Wen Wu Chen Lie Guan: Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm; free).

   • 2019 May 16, “At least 9 trapped in Shanghai building collapse”, in AP News‎^[2], archived from the original on 13 June 2022‎^[3]:

     By early afternoon, 11 out of the approximately 20 people buried in the collapse had been pulled from the rubble. Their conditions were not immediately known.
     The building is in the Changning district of China’s financial hub.

   • 2021 January 5, Eva Dou, “China’s tech firms draw fire for brutal working hours after Pinduoduo employee’s death”, in The Washington Post‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 January 2021, Asia & Pacific‎^[5]:

     Reached by phone, a staff member of the labor protection department of Shanghai’s Changning district said officials were investigating the case but could not release any detail at this stage.

Translations

District of Shanghai, China

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 長寧／长宁 (coeng⁴ ning⁴)

  Mandarin: 長寧／长宁 (zh) (Chángníng)