Dongxiang

See also: dòngxiàng

English

Alternative forms

• Tung-hsiang (Wade–Giles)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔŋ.ʃɒŋ/, /dɒŋ-/, /-ʃæŋ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 東鄉／东乡 (Dōngxiāng).

Noun

Dongxiang (plural Dongxiangs or Dongxiang)

1. A member of an ethnic group of Gansu Province in China.
   • 1993, 曾庆南 [Zeng Qingnan], 张纬雯 [Zhang Weiwen], editors, 中国少数民族风情录 [In Search of China's Minorities]‎^[1], Beijing: New World Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 60:

     The Dongxiangs are Islamic and share much in common with the Hui nationality people in their customs.

   • 2009 December 13, Mark O'Neill, “Faith in the present”, in South China Morning Post‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 November 2023‎^[3]:

     '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.'

Proper noun

Dongxiang

1. An autonomous county of Linxia prefecture, Gansu, China
   • 2006 March 19, Jim Yardley, “Deep in China, a Poor and Pious Muslim Enclave”, in The New York Times‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 August 2018, Asia Pacific‎^[5]:

     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.

2. The Mongolic language traditionally spoken by these people.

   Synonym: Santa

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 東庠／东庠 (Dōngxiáng).

Proper noun

Dongxiang

1. A township in Pingtan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
2. An island in Dongxiang, Pingtan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
   • c. 2010's, “Dongxiang Island”, in China Daily‎^[6], archived from the original on 04 October 2019:

     Located to the northeast of Haitan Island, Dongxiang Island is embraced by sea. […]
     Dongxiang Island is populated with stone folk dwellings. The stone houses along the island's beaches have created a unique landscape.

Translations

township, island

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 東庠／东庠 (Dōngxiáng)

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