Tongren
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See also: tóngrén
English
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Tongren
- A county-level city in Huangnan, Qinghai, China.
- 2010 October 22, Edward Wong, “Tibetans in China Protest Proposed Curbs on Their Language”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 July 2011, Asia Pacific:
- The protests this week have mostly unfolded in Tibetan towns in Qinghai Province, a vast, sparsely populated region that is historically important as a center of Tibetan culture.
They began at a high school on Tuesday in the town of Tongren, known as Rebkong in Tibetan, and then widened. […]
The principal of a primary school in Huangzhong County, northwest of Tongren, confirmed by telephone that peaceful protests had taken place.
Translations
county-level city
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Etymology 2
From Mandarin 銅仁 / 铜仁 (Tóngrén).
Proper noun
Tongren
- A prefecture-level city in Guizhou, China.
- 2007 August 14, “Bridge collapse in China kills at least 22”, in The New York Times, sourced from Beijing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on June 02, 2024, Asia Pacific:
- Part of the bridge collapsed across a highway linking Fenghuang County to an airport in the Tongren region of neighboring Guizhou Province, according to a notice posted on the local government Web site on Tuesday.