Dongsheng

English

Alternative forms

• Tung-sheng (Wade–Giles)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔŋ.ʃɛŋ/, /dɒŋ-/, /-ʃʌŋ/

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for the Mandarin 東勝／东胜 (Dōngshèng).

Proper noun

Dongsheng

1. A district of Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China.
   • 1999, Hong Jiang, “Human driving forces of environmental change”, in The Ordos Plateau of China: An Endangered Environment‎^[1], United Nations University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 80:

     Most villages subscribe to local newspapers, but when they arrive their contents are no longer news; it takes seven days to deliver newspaper from the League centre, Dongsheng, and more than 20 days for newspapers to arrive from outside the area.

   • 2011 December 2, Lucy Hornby, Langi Chiang, “China's Ordos property bust offers warning sign”, in Reuters‎^[2], archived from the original on 05 June 2024, World:

     In empty showrooms of Dongsheng, Ordos' old city, saleswomen immediately offer 30 percent price discounts if a buyer is willing to pay for a property upfront and in cash.

   • 2015 March 6, Jody Rosen, “The Colossal Strangeness of China’s Most Excellent Tourist City”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 September 2015‎^[4]:

     In 2006, the headquarters of the local government was moved to Kangbashi from the Dongsheng District, 20 miles north; bus service between Kangbashi and Dongsheng was allegedly cut off so that Ordos’s public officials would be forced to take up residence in the new town.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 東勝／东胜 (zh) (Dōngshèng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Dongsheng”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[5], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1044, column 2

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for the Mandarin 東升 (Dōngshēng).

Proper noun

Dongsheng

1. A town in Shishou, Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
2. A village in Dongsheng, Shishou, Jingzhou, Hubei, China.

Translations

town and village in central China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 東升 (Dōngshēng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can