Xinchengzi

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 新城子 (Xīnchéngzi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʃɪnˈt͡ʃʌŋ(d)zɪ/

Proper noun

Xinchengzi

1. A town in Miyun district, Beijing, China.
   • 2000 May 31, “Capital's main dam shrinking fast”, in South China Morning Post‎^[1], archived from the original on 18 June 2023‎^[2]:

     In Xinchengzi, the rural township north of Miyun, farmers are no longer able to draw water from wells, forcing them to buy water from trucks.

   • 2004 February 13, Zhang Ran, “Monkeys Return to Miyun”, in Beijing Today‎^[3], number 141, →OCLC, page 5:

     Two macaques, the only species of monkey native to Beijing municipality, have made surprise appearances this year in Yaoqiaoyu Village, Xinchengzi Town of Miyun County.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Xinchengzi.

Translations

town

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新城子 (Xīnchéngzi)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Xinchengzi at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.