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Daxing en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• dä′shĭng′

Etymology

The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大興 /大兴 (Dàxīng, “Greatly Prosperous”).

Meanings

1. (historical) A former capital of China under the Sui Dynasty, now within Xi'an, Shaanxi.
2. A district of Beijing, China.
   • The fire broke out Saturday evening in a two-story structure in the Daxing District, about 11 miles south of the Chinese capital’s prosperous downtown. Around 6 p.m., the flames began consuming the building, and thick smoke spilled into the air. Firefighters spent three hours battling the fire, according to a news release from Daxing officials. 2017 November 19, Chris Buckley, “Fire Kills at Least 19 in Beijing Apartment Building”, in The New York Times (Asia Pacific section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Nov 2017:
   • The area, Shoubaozhuang, is not one of the affluent, gated residential compounds springing up around Beijing, but a poor village of rural migrants toiling at low-paying jobs. It was chosen, along with 15 other areas in the Daxing district of Beijing, to be walled off to outsiders, in what officials say is an experimental effort to curb crime. The authorities say the experiment has been a success — the Communist Party-run People’s Daily said the crime rate in the walled villages in Daxing district dropped by 73 percent from April to July this year — and the “walled village” concept is being quickly expanded to other districts outside Beijing’s center that are populated by migrant workers. 2010 October 3, Helen Gao, “Migrant ‘Villages’ Within a City Ignite Debate”, in The New York Times (BEIJING JOURNAL section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Sep 2011:

Forms

Translations (5)

ja 大興 (district) · mnc ᡩᠠ ᠰᡳᠩ (district) · cmn 大興 /大兴 (district) · yue 大興 /大兴 (district) · mr टाशिंग (district)