Tongcheng
English
Alternative forms
- (postal romanization) Tungcheng
- (from Wade–Giles) T'ung-ch'eng
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 通城 (Tōngchéng).
Proper noun
Tongcheng
- A county of Xianning, Hubei, China.
- [1973, Alley, Rewi, “Some Hunan Journeys”, in Travels in China, 1966-71 (中国见闻), Peking: New World Press, →OCLC, page 37:
- It is not so far to Hsiangsse Commune from Maotien. Only nine kilometres. But the way lies over a range of mountains through which the commune members, using a ton and a half of explosive most of which they made themselves, blasted a road a couple of winters ago. It not only connects the commune with Maotien, but also with another highway that leads into Tungcheng county of Hupeh province over its border.]
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- A town in Wuxi, Chongqing, China.
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