Shang - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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From Mandarin 商 (Shāng).

• IPA^(key): /ʃæŋ/

Shang

1. (historical) an ancient dynasty in China
   • 1971, William Watson, Cultural Frontiers in Ancient East Asia‎^[2], Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 81:

     In the Shang and Chou periods our knowledge from archaeology of ordinary dwellings is thus far poor, but something can be said of the more pretentious edifices.

   • 2011, Ralph D. Sawyer, Ancient Chinese Warfare‎^[3], Basic Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 135:

     Hsing-t'ai, Han-tan, and Shih-chia-chuang are thus among the numerous Shang sites marked by heavy upper Erh-li-kang cultural manifestations.

• Ghans, gnash, hangs