Tangshan

American  

[tahng-shahn] / ˈtɑŋˈʃɑn /

Or T'angshan

noun

Pinyin, Wade-Giles.

1. a city in NE Hebei province, in NE China.

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Tangshan British  

/ ˈtæŋˈʃæn /

noun

1. an industrial city in NE China, in Hebei province: the 1976 earthquake, which killed an estimated 255 000 people, was the most lethal of the 20th century. Pop: 1 773 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

Then it sailed back to China, entering Tangshan port on June 14.

From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2023

So far, the authorities said they had detained eight civil servants, including the head of one district police station in Tangshan, on suspicion of offering protection to the defendants and accepting bribes.

From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2022

In the wake of the Tangshan attack, Weibo removed accounts that "incited gender confrontation".

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2022

Laura Yu, a Beijing-based lawyer originally from Tangshan, said the video had infuriated her.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2022

As we hurried toward the delta region of the Lwan ho, and before reaching Tangshan, a more productive country was traversed.

From Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan by King, F. H. (Franklin Hiram)