Chen-chiang

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 鎮江镇江 (Zhènjiāng), Wade–Giles romanization: Chên⁴-chiang¹.[1][2]

Proper noun

Chen-chiang

  1. Alternative form of Zhenjiang
    • 1982, Joseph J. Lee, Wang Chʻang-ling, Boston: Twayne Publishers, →ISBN, LCCN 82-1933, OCLC 474971229, OL 3482534M, page 101:
      Hibiscus Tower was located in the northwestern corner of the present-day city of Chen-chiang on the south bank of the Yangtze. Near Chen-chiang is the Grand Canal, which then as now ran northward and, during the T’ang, formed a vital link between the Yangtze in the south and the Yellow River in the north.

Translations

References

  1. Zhenjiang Wade-Giles romanization Chen-chiang, in Encyclopædia Britannica
  2. “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China, Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, LCCN 79-42627, OCLC 781411242, page 476: “The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin, []
    Chen-chiang (Zhenjiang) 鎮江

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