Shantung

[ shan-tuhng or for 2, shan-tuhng; for 1 also Chinese shahn-doo ng ]

/ ˈʃænˈtʌŋ or for 2, ˈʃæn tʌŋ; for 1 also Chinese ˈʃɑnˈdʊŋ /

Shandong.

(often lowercase) Textiles.

Example sentences from the Web for shantung

Why, I am a Shantung man too, rejoined Mr. Chang; what is the name of your fathers native place?

Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (Volumes I and II) |Songling Pu
They realize acutely what the Japanese have done in Manchuria and Shantung.

The Problem of China |Bertrand Russell
There is only my father, replied Na, and he is a Shantung man who came to live in Honan.

Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (Volumes I and II) |Songling Pu
As the sun rose higher the mist was dispersed, and the bold rugged outline of the Shantung coast was unveiled before us.

The Siberian Overland Route from Peking to Petersburg, |Alexander Michie

In Honan there lived a man named Chang, who originally belonged to Shantung.

Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (Volumes I and II) |Songling Pu

shantung

/ (ˌʃænˈtʌŋ) /

a heavy silk fabric with a knobbly surface

a cotton or rayon imitation of this

C19: so called because it was first imported to Britain from Shantung in China

Shantung

/ (ˈʃænˈtʌŋ) /

a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Shandong