Chengdu

See also: chéngdu, chéngdù, and Chéngdū

English

Alternative forms

(from Wade–Giles) Ch'eng-tu, Ch'êng-tu
Chengtu

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 成都 (Chéngdū), supposedly bestowed upon it during its first founding by the ninth king of the Shu Kingdom's Kaiming dynasty when he removed his court there from nearby Pi County.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛŋ.du/, /t͡ʃʌŋ-/, /t͡ʃɑŋ-/, /t͡ʃæŋ-/

Proper noun

Chengdu

A subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Sichuan, in southwestern China.

Translations

capital of Sichuan province, China

Arabic: شِينْغْدُو‎ m (šinḡdū), تْشِينْغْدُو‎ m (tšingdū)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 成都 (sing⁴ dou¹)

Mandarin: 成都 (zh) (Chéngdū)
French: Chengdu (fr) f
Hungarian: Csengtu
Japanese: 成都 (せいと, Seito)
Khmer: ចេងទូ (cəŋtuu)
Korean: 청두 (Cheongdu)
Macedonian: Ченгду n (Čengdu)
Manchu: ᠴᡝᠩ
ᡩ᠋ᡠ᠋
Marathi: चेंग्डू n (ceṅgḍū)
Portuguese: Chengdu f
Russian: Чэнду́ (ru) m (Čɛndú)
Sichuan Yi: ꍯꄖ (che du)
Tibetan: ཁྲེན་ཏུ (khren tu)
Vietnamese: Thành Đô
Zhuang: Cwngzduh

Anagrams

gunched

Portuguese

Proper noun

Chengdu f

Chengdu (a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Sichuan, in southwestern China)

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