Chengdong
English
editEtymology
editFrom Mandarin 城東/城东 (Chéngdōng).
Pronunciation
edit- enPR: chǔngʹdo͝ongʹ
Proper noun
editChengdong
- A district of Xining, Qinghai, China.
- 2022, David R. Stroup, “"God is a Drug": Ethnic Politics in the Xi Jinping Era”, in Pure and True: The Everyday Politics of Ethnicity for China's Hui Muslims[1], University of Washington Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 45–46:
- Though the walls have since been razed, the boundaries they once demarcated remain salient as Xining's contemporary street grid follows the path where they once stood. Most residents still recognize the city's Chengdong District, which sits on top of the former Muslim city, as the Hui Quarter.