Dongxiang

Dongxiang

See also: dòngxiàng

English

Alternative forms

• (from Wade–Giles) Tung-hsiang

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

Dongxiang (plural Dongxiangs or Dongxiang)

1. A member of an ethnic group of Gansu Province in China.
   • 1993, Zeng Qingnan (曾庆南), Zhang Weiwen (张纬雯), editor, In Search of China's Minorities (中国少数民族风情录)‎, Beijing: New World Press, →ISBN, OCLC 966066793, page 60:

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

Proper noun

Dongxiang

1. An autonomous county of Linxia prefecture, Gansu, China
2. The Mongolic language traditionally spoken by these people.

   Synonym: Santa

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 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, 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) Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can