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

In the city of Tangshan, in the country’s northeast, anyone buying a home had to hold the property for at least three and a half years.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2024

The search and rescue operation has ended and an investigation into the cause of the Sept. 2 flood is underway, the Tangshan city government said in a brief statement.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 2022

Authorities in Tangshan launched a public security campaign and pledged to crack down on crime, with police stationed throughout the city and at restaurants.

From Washington Post • Jun. 23, 2022

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

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2022

Tangshan is a large city, apparently of recent growth on the railroad in a country where isolated conical hills rise one hundred or two hundred feet out of the flat, plains.

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