Nanking

[ US /ˈnæŋkɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a city in eastern China on the Yangtze River; a former capital of China; the scene of a Japanese massacre in the 1930s
Linguix Browser extension
Fix your writing
on millions of websites
Get Started For Free Linguix pencil

How To Use Nanking In A Sentence

  • There's a very oddly parallel story about a Nazi party member Siemens businessman named John Rabe who was stationed in Nanking, China when the Japanese invaded and committed thousands of atrocities against Chinese civilians. Holocaust Hero Chiune Sugihara » E-Mail
  • Unless films and photos in "Nanking" have the above descriptions, it must be China's propaganda film. GreenCine Daily: Sundance. Nanking.
  • I say “modern” because both “Peking” and “Nanking” reflect an earlier state of Mandarin in which velar stops before front vowels had not yet merged with affricates; this sound change happened around the 16th century. Beijing vs Peking | Linguism
  • Within twenty - four hours, thirty thousand soldiers were at Wuhu, sixty miles southwest of Nanking.
  • Hasn't the conclusion been confirmed that Nanking's peace proposal is hypocritical?
  • After two weeks in Shanghai, the commission, accompanied by Fox Movietone News, proceeded to Nanking and two weeks later arrived in Peiping, “smothered in flags” in its honor. The Last Empress
  • As Chiang Kai - shek national capital from Nanking to Taipei, funds from the home office dried up.
  • So, film "Nanking" is not documentary film but China's propaganda film. GreenCine Daily: Sundance. Nanking.
  • The thousands of civilians in Nanking, China who were killed in despicable ways by the Japanese were not the only ones. How Torture Helped the Allies in WWII
  • The cooperative movement of rural area was a national economic policy, implemented by Kuomingtang government after it come into being in Nanking.
View all
This website uses cookies to make Linguix work for you. By using this site, you agree to our cookie policy