Macheng

Macheng

See also: Ma-ch'eng

English

Alternative forms

• (from Wade–Giles) Ma-ch'eng

Etymology

The Postal Map romanization romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation of 麻城 (Máchéng).

Proper noun

Macheng

1. A county-level city in Huanggang, Hubei, China.
   • 1943 January 4, “JAPS CAPTURE MACHENG”, in The Bombay Chronicle‎, volume XXXI, number 2, Bombay, page 1:

     A Chinese Communique reports that the Japanese have captured Macheng in eastern Hupeh.

   • 2007 May 28, “China bus plunge kills seven children”, in Reuters‎, archived from the original on 10 May 2022, Latest Crisis:

     The minibus was hit by a truck loaded with bricks in Macheng in Hubei province, Xinhua said. Fourteen children were injured.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Macheng.
2. A town in Duodao district, Jingmen, Hubei, China.

Translations

a county-level city in central China; a town in central China

Chinese: Mandarin: 麻城 (zh) (Máchéng) Japanese: please add this translation if you can