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Fengxian en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• fŭng′shyĕn′
• /fɛŋʃiən/

Etymology

The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 奉賢 /奉贤 (Fèngxián, literally “offer to the worthy”), a 1726 modification of the earlier name 齊賢 /齐贤 (Qíxián, literally “equal to the worthy”).

Meanings

1. A district of Shanghai, China.
   • At the Shanghai Fengxian District Huangpu River Flood Prevention Center, which was seeking an accountant, a man who answered the phone said: “We have female employees. We do not discriminate against women. But we want to hire more men, because this work includes night shifts. Women might be frightened to be alone in the building at night.” 2014 September 26, Didi Kirsten Tatlow, Slyvia Zhang, “For Shanghai Jobs, Only ‘Normal Size’ Need Apply”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2023:
   • At Fengsien, 45 kilometres due south of Shanghai, a Japanese force attacked a band of 400 guerillas at 4 a.m. on August 13, putting them to flight. 1938 August 24 [1938 August 21], “Japanese Round Up Guerillas^([sic])”, in North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette, volume CCVIII, number 3707, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 316, column 4:
   • He found a Rev. Dr. Arthur Cannon at an address on the Shanghai road near to Fengsien. [1987, Ronald Hardy, “Escape”, in The Wings of the Wind (Fiction), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 34:

Forms

Translations (2)

cmn 奉賢 /奉贤 (District of Shanghai, China) · yue 奉賢 /奉贤 (District of Shanghai, China)

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