Taocheng

See also: T'ao-ch'eng

English

Alternative forms

• T'ao-ch'eng (Wade–Giles)

Etymology 1

From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 桃城 (Táochéng).

Proper noun

Taocheng

1. A district of Hengshui, Hebei, China.
   • 2009, Li Zhanbing, “The City of Hengshui”, in Fu Yuhua, Florentin Smarandache, V. Christianto, editors, Cultural Advantages in China: Tale of Six Cities‎^[1], InfoLearnQuest, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 39:

     Hengshui City lies in the southeast of Hebei Province, between the east longitude 115°10’ ~ 116°34’ and the north latitude 37°03’ ~ 38°23’. It occupies 8,815 square kilometers with a population of 4.3 million. The Taocheng District where the municipal government is located is 250 kilometers away from the state capital Beijing to the north and 119 kilometers away from the provincial capital Shijiazhuang to the west.

   • 2015, Yue Che, Zhaoyi Shang, “Water Pricing in Colombia: From Bankruptcy to Full Cost Recovery”, in Water Pricing Experiences and Innovations‎^[2], →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 106:

     For examples, the irrigation price for farmers to pay in Taocheng District of Hengshui City is increased by 0.15 RMB/m³ (from 0.35 to 0.5 RMB/m³), and, at the same time, the government grants a subsidy of 0.05 RMB/m³.

   • 2022 February 19, Alice Yan, “Chinese authorities investigate private boarding school after student blows whistle on alleged abuse, public shaming and excessive tests”, in South China Morning Post‎^[3], archived from the original on 19 February 2022, Social Welfare:

     An official from Taocheng District Education Bureau of Hengshui, Hebei province in northern China, said they are investigating the Taocheng Middle School after a lengthy article by a student at the school went viral last week, news portal eastday.com reported.

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

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 桃城 (zh) (Táochéng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 2

Map including Taocheng (DMA, 1998)

From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 陶城 (Táochéng).

Proper noun

Taocheng

1. A town in Yanling, Xuchang, Henan, China, formerly a township.

Translations

town in Yanling, Xuchang, Henan, China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 陶城 (Táochéng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• hectagon