Shadang
English
Alternative forms
- Shatang
- (from Wade–Giles) Sha-tang
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 沙蕩／沙荡 (Shādàng).
Proper noun
Shadang
- A residentialcommunity in Chenjiagang, Xiangshui, Yancheng, Jiangsu, China, formerly a village.
- 2019 March 23, Sidney Leng, Zhuang Pinghui, “Chinese chemical plant survivors relive horror of ‘earth-shattering’ blast”, in South China Morning Post, archived from the original on March 22, 2019:
- Gao Congbiao, from Shadang village 6km away from the plant, had been working on his land when he saw a “big fireball exploding into wild flames” and said the “earth-shattering” blast had left his home and farmland seriously damaged.
- 2019 March 25, Cang Wei, Hou Liqiang, “Medical treatment top priority after blast in Xiangshui”, in China Daily, archived from the original on March 26, 2019:
- People repair a window on Saturday that was shattered last week in the chemical plant blast in Shadang village, Xiangshui county, Jiangsu province.
- 2019 March 29, “Villagers Reassess Lives After Fatal Explosion”, in China Daily, archived from the original on 27 August 2022:
- The explosion shattered all the windows in Ding's house in Shadang, about 2 kilometers from the Xiangshui Ecological Chemical Industrial Park.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Shadang.
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Translations
residential community in eastern China
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