Zhangjiakou
English
Alternative forms
- Changchiakou, Chang-chia-k'ou (Wade–Giles)
- Changkiakow
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 張家口／张家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu).
Pronunciation
- enPR: jängʹjyäʹkōʹ[1]
Proper noun
Zhangjiakou
- A prefecture-level city in Hebei, China.
- 2022 February 11, Remy Tumin, “A Beijing Games first: Real snow in Zhangjiakou.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-02-12:
- A steady snow was falling in the morning at Zhangjiakou, and overcast skies threatened snow flurries in Yanqing and Beijing.
Translations
References
- Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Kalgan”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 898, column 1
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Zhangjiakou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3561, column 3
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