Ch'ung-ch'ing

English

Map including CHONGQING (CH’UNG-CH’ING) (DMA, 1989)

Etymology

From Mandarin 重慶重庆 (Chóngqìng), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻung²-chʻing⁴.[1]

Pronunciation

  • enPR: cho͝ongʹchǐngʹ

Proper noun

Ch'ung-ch'ing

  1. Alternative form of Chongqing
    • 1885 October 8, “The British Association”, in Nature, volume 32, number 832, page 564:
      In February, 1883, Mr. Hosie again left Chʻung-chʻing, and proceeded north-west to Chʻêng-tu, the capital of the province of Ssŭ-chʻuan, by way of the brine and petroleum wells of Tzŭ-liu-ching....In June, 1884, Mr. Hosie again left Chʻung-chʻing, and form Ho Chou, a three days' journey to the north of that city, he struck westward through a beautifully cultivated and fertile country to Chia-ting Fu, on the right bank of the Min at its junction with the Tʻung River.
    • 1954, Herold J. Wiens, Han Chinese Expansion in South China, Shoe String Press, published 1967, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 36:
      In considering the overall evidences, the present writer is inclined to believe that the Min-chia of Yun-nan are derived from some early Ssu-ch'uan people, either the Shu-shan of the Ch'eng-tu region, or the Pa-ti of the Ch'ung-ch'ing region.
    • 2011, Myra Immell, editor, The McCarthy Era, 1st edition, Greenhaven Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 87:
      Adler, who served under White, was Treasury's man in Ch’ung-ch’ing, China. After being cleared in a series of security and loyalty investigations, Adler resigned and went back to China to spend the rest of his career working for the Chinese Communists.
    • 2015, Wan-yao Chou (周婉窈), translated by Carole Plackitt and Tim Casey, A New Illustrated History of Taiwan, Taipei: SMC Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 209:
      9.25 The Bank of Taiwan's main branch in 1937 shortly after it was built; the bank is situated on present-day Ch’ung-ch’ing South Road.

Translations

References

  1. Chongqing, Wade-Giles romanization Ch’ung-ch’ing, in Encyclopædia Britannica

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