Fengxian

• (obsolete) Feng-hsien, Fengsien

The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 奉賢 (Fèngxián, literally “offer to the worthy”), a 1726 modification of the earlier name 齊賢 (Qíxián, literally “equal to the worthy”).

• IPA^(key): /fɛŋʃiən/

Fengxian

1. A district of Shanghai, China.
   • [1974, Cressey, George B., “Population and agriculture in the Yangtse delta”, in D. J. Dwyer, editor, China Now: an Introductory Survey with Readings‎, Longman, →ISBN, LCCN 73-87225, OCLC 963067253, OL 5438328M, page 71:

     Twenty miles south of Shanghai, near the edge of the growing Yangtse delta, lies the crowded county of Fenghsien. On one side is the ocean, from which the land has persistently been snatched. On the other is the exotic metropolis of Shanghai [1], singularly out of harmony with this ancient agricultural countryside.]