Cheng-chou
English

Map including CHENG-CHOU (DMA, 1975)
Pronunciation
- enPR: jǔngʹjōʹ
Proper noun
Cheng-chou
- Alternative form of Zhengzhou
- 1980, Helmut Brinker, Eberhard Fischer, Treasures from the Rietberg Museum, →ISBN, LCCN 80-12528, OCLC 491281276, page 132:
- Perhaps the most important monument of Chinese Buddhist sculpture in the Rietberg collection, this stele was acquired by Baron von der Heydt before 1924, after having been in the possession of C.T. Loo, Paris. It is most likely the work of a metropolitan sculptor's atelier located in the vicinity of present Cheng-chou in Honan Province.
- 2011, Ralph D. Sawyer, Ancient Chinese Warfare, Basic Books, →ISBN, LCCN 2010051391, OCLC 657595552, OL 26042178M, page 32:
- Being located about four kilometers from the Yellow River and twenty-three kilometers northwest of Cheng-chou, the early walled site at Hsi-shan lies in the core cultural area.
Translations
Zhengzhou — see Zhengzhou
References
- Zhengzhou, Wade-Giles romanization Cheng-chou, in Encyclopædia Britannica
- “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, […]
Cheng-chou (Zhengzhou) 鄭州”
Further reading
- “Cheng-chou”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “Cheng-chou”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
- “Cheng-chou” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.
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