Qiqiha'er

• Qiqihaer (also from Hanyu Pinyin)
• Ch'i-ch'i-ha-erh, Ch'ich'ihaerh, Chichihaerh (Wade–Giles)

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 齊齊哈爾／齐齐哈尔 (Qíqíhā'ěr).

Qiqiha'er

1. Synonym of Qiqihar: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
   • 1987, Peter N. S. Lee, Industrial Management and Economic Reform in China, 1949-1984‎, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 101:

     In theoretical terms, the Daqing model is applicable to the mining and construction industries while the Qiqiha'er model is better suited to the manufacturing sector.

   • 1998, Nicholas Jose, The Custodians‎, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 175:

     P.P.S. The Party Secretary of Qiqiha'er, a hamlet up near the Siberian border, was devoured by a black bear last month it is rumoured.

   • 2003, Liam D'Arcy Brown, Green Dragon, Sombre Warrior‎, London: John Murray, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 257:

     'So where are you from? Sulianren? What are you doing in Qiqiha'er?' I explained that I was on my way to Mohe, and her eyes widened slightly.
     'Why do you want to go to Mohe? There's nothing there. You'd be better off going to Harbin.'
     I polished off a dumpling moistened in the oily surface of the soup. 'I've just come from Harbin. What about Qiqiha'er - what is there to see here?'
     'There's nothing in Qiqiha'er either.'

   • 2021 June 28, Xiaoyu Yang, “Millennial leader debuts with museum solo in Beijing”, in China Daily‎, archived from the original on 17 August 2023‎:

     Jiang, born in 1993 in Qiqiha'er in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, shot to national fame in 2016 when as a student of media studies at the Communication University of China, he made the final round in the highly rated debating show, You Can You BiBi.

• Qiqiha'er, Qiqihaer, Chichihaerh at Google Ngram Viewer
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Qiqihar”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2547, column 3: “Sometimes appears as Ch’i-ch’i-ha-erh, Qiqiha’er, or Tsitsihar.”