Zigong

• (from Wade–Giles) Tzu-kung

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 自貢／自贡 (Zìgòng).

• IPA^(key): /ˌ(d)zɪˈɡɒŋ/, /ˌ(d)zɪˈɡʊŋ/

Zigong

1. A prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China.
   • [1971, Matthews, Thomas Jay, “The Cultural Revolution in Szechwan”, in The Cultural Revolution in the Provinces‎, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, LCCN 77-162858, OCLC 195365, OL 4583663M, page 129:

     Peking Radio broadcast about one particular department in the Szechwan city of Tzu-kung illustrated how easily the bureaucrats could influence the soldiers:
     There was a close connection between the department and the . . . Tzukung Municipal CCP Committee. Work was carried out by the department under the leadership of the municipal CCP committee.]

   • [1978 August, Wang, Chia-shu, “The Artcraft of Weaving”, in China Reconstructs‎, volume XXVII, number 8, China Welfare Institute, ISSN 0009-4447, OCLC 1554324, page 38, column 3:

     In Tzukung, Szechuan province, extremely thin and soft strips that are almost transparent are cut from love bamboo and used to weave objects with “hidden designs” like those of figured silk. The warp and weft strips must cross at least a thousand times.]