中山市

Zhōngshānshì

proper noun #92,027

Meanings

1 Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

中山市是孙中山先生的故乡。

Zhōngshānshì shì Sūn Zhōngshān xiānsheng de gùxiāng.

Zhongshan is Sun Yat-sen's hometown.

HSK 7-9

我周末开车去中山市吃乳鸽。

Wǒ zhōumò kāichē qù Zhōngshānshì chī rǔgē.

On the weekend I'm driving to Zhongshan to eat roast squab.

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history

The city was called 香山 (Xiangshan, 'Fragrant Mountain') until 1925, when it was renamed 中山 in honor of 孙中山 (Sun Yat-sen), who was born here in 翠亨村 (Cuiheng Village) in 1866. It is one of the only prefecture-level cities in China named after a person.

In Pop Culture

孙中山 Sūn Zhōngshān

Sun Yat-sen

Founding father of the Republic of China (1911); his birthplace Cuiheng Village in Zhongshan is now a national memorial museum.

Stroke Order

中 zhōng

山 shān

市 shì