Shenzhen

• Shen-chen (Wade–Giles)

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 深圳 (Shēnzhèn), from 深 (shēn, “deep”) + 圳 (zhèn, “irrigation ditch”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌʃɛnˈd͡ʒɛn/, /ˌʃɛnˈʒɛn/

Shenzhen

1. A major subprovincial city in Guangdong, in southeastern China.
   • Encyclopædia Britannica

     In 1979 Shenzhen was a small border city of some 30,000 inhabitants that served as a customs stop into mainland China from Hong Kong.

   • 2006 November 8, China Daily:

     Shenzhen municipal government will give top priority to developing its modern logistics and finance sectors and building the industries into the city's pillar sectors in the following years.

   • 2008, Leslie T. Chang, Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China‎, New York: Spiegel & Grau, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 29:

     Over the next two years, China set up four “special economic zones” as testing grounds for free-enterprise practices like foreign investment and tax incentives. The largest zone was Shenzhen, about fifty miles south of Dongguan, which quickly became a symbol of a freewheeling China always open for business. Shenzhen was a planned showcase city, willed into being by leaders in Beijing and supported by government ministries and the companies under them.

   • 2009, Lanqing Li, “The Birth of Special Economic Zones”, in Ling Yuan, Zhang Siying, transl., Breaking Through: The Birth of China's Opening-Up Policy‎, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 122:

     The tiny 0.8-square-kilometer Luohu District was where the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone really got off to a good start.

   • 2021 June 21, Keith Bradsher, “Chinese port difficulties amid a Covid outbreak further snarl global trade.”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-06-21, Business‎:

     The blockage of the Suez Canal in March? No, there is another disruption in global shipping. This time, the problem lies in Shenzhen, a sprawling metropolis adjacent to Hong Kong in southeastern China.

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• (from Cantonese) Shumchun, Shum-chun, Shamchun, Sham Chun

Shenzhen

1. Shenzhen (a major subprovincial city in Guangdong, in southeastern China)