Gongyi

See also: gōngyì

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鞏義／巩义 (Gǒngyì).

Proper noun

Gongyi

1. A county-level city in Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
   • 1992 April 21 [1992 April 14], “Burden Sharing as Transitional Measure”, in Daily Report: China‎^[1], number 77, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Beijing XINHUA, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 28, column 1:

     Gongyi City, in central China’s Henan Province, adopted a model housing program which emphasized pooling funds for housing construction. Over the past four years, the city has collected over 88.29 million yuan, including 54.54 million yuan from individuals, and has completed residential construction of over 370,000 square meters.

   • 2006 May 9, “World Briefing Asia: China: Arson Attack On School Kills 3 Children”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 March 2023‎^[3]:

     A 19-year-old man in Gongyi, in Henan Province, entered a room where 21 children were having classes, locked the door, ignited a can of gasoline and set the room on fire, killing at least three 5-year-olds and injuring 14 others, a local official and state news media said. A teacher was also injured.

   • 2015, Damian Harper et al., China (Lonely Planet)‎^[4], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 432:

     Gongyi City (Gǒngyì Shì), formerly called Gongxian County, is between Zhèngzhōu and Luòyáng and is home to a fascinating series of Buddhist caves and tombs built by the Northern Song emperors (c AD 517). More than 7700 Buddhist figures populate 256 shrines.

   • 2021 July 20, Ryan Woo, “Dozen central Chinese cities under water as river banks burst”, in Nick Macfie, editor, Reuters‎^[5], archived from the original on 20 July 2021‎^[6]:

     "This is the heaviest rain since I was born, with so many familiar places flooded," said an internet user in the inundated city of Gongyi on Chinese social media.

Translations

county-level city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鞏義／巩义 (zh) (Gǒngyì)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Gongyi”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[7], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1386, column 3