Tonghua

[ tawng-hwah ]

noun

, Pinyin.

1. a city in southeastern Jilin province, in northeastern China.

Example Sentences

Residents of the northeastern Chinese city of Tonghua recently complained after officials abruptly imposed a lockdown without enough preparations for supplying food and other needs.

From Seattle Times

Residents of the northeastern Chinese city of Tonghua recently complained after officials abruptly imposed a lockdown without enough preparations for supplying food and other needs.

From New York Times

In the north-eastern city of Tonghua in Jilin province, the whole city of around two million has been put in lockdown after 13 cases were recorded earlier this month.

From BBC

Some residents in Tonghua, a city of about 2 million in northeastern Jilin province which has been locked down since Jan. 18, complained on social media that the lockdown had left them short of food and medicines, triggering an apology from local officials.

From Reuters

“We will do our best to improve the distribution capacity and supplement the supply of materials for citizens,” Jiang Haiyan, Tonghua deputy mayor, told a media briefing on Sunday.

From Reuters