Zhecheng

See also: Zhèchéng

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 柘城 (Zhèchéng).

Proper noun

Zhecheng

1. A county of Shangqiu, Henan, China.
   • 1994, Mobilizing the Masses: Building Revolution in Henan‎^[1], Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 333:

     Zhang Lanfeng was a native of Zhecheng county in eastern Henan.[...]Zhang's political background clearly revealed that he had four basic social ties: his local ties in Zhecheng county, his military ties with Feng's Guominjun and later with the Northwest Army (xibei jun), his teacher-student ties at the Northwest Military Academy, and his tie to Chiang Kaishek.

   • 2003 December 12, Pengyu Zeng, “Who Can Help the Children?”, in Beijing Today‎^[2], number 133, →ISSN, →OCLC, Special Report, page 8, column 3:

     Zhecheng county where Shuangmiao village is located is one of the worst hit areas in Henan Province. No one comes into the county from outside now, so investment has dried up. The farming industry has also been ruined.

   • 2006, Robert L. Thorp, “Foundations of the Bronze Age: The Erligang Culture”, in China in the Early Bronze Age: Shang Civilization‎^[3], Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 76:

     Another well-preserved site from eastern Henan, Mengzhuang in Zhecheng County, yielded evidence of a three- or four-chamber house (Figure 2.8), as well as pottery kilns, and nearby pounded earth foundations."

   • 2020 September 16, Sui-Lee Wee, “Her Husband Abused Her. But Getting a Divorce Was an Ordeal.”, in The New York Times‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-09-16, Asia Pacific‎^[5]:

     In June, Ms. Liu filed for divorce in the Zhecheng County court in Henan Province, showing the video of the boutique beating as evidence.

   • 2021 June 25, “Martial arts gym fire leaves 18 dead”, in huaxia, editor, Xinhua News Agency‎^[6], archived from the original on 01 July 2022:

     A fire in a martial arts gym in Zhecheng County, central China's Henan Province, Friday morning, has left 18 people dead and 16 others injured, said local authorities.

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

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 柘城 (zh) (Zhèchéng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Zhecheng”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[7], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3563, column 1