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English
Etymology
From Mandarin 鎮江／镇江 (Zhènjiāng), Wade–Giles romanization: Chên⁴-chiang¹.
Proper noun
Chen-chiang
- Alternative form of Zhenjiang.
1937, Michael Calvert, “Shanghai”, in Jon E. Lewis, editor, The Giant Book of Battles, London: Magpie Books, published 2006, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 129:There the Chinese had sunk a number of coasters to form a boom covered by shore batteries to prevent the Japanese Navy advancing up to Chen-chiang, Nanking and beyond (which they were eventually to do).
1982, Joseph J. Lee, Wang Chʻang-ling, Boston: Twayne Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, 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.
2003, C.J. Shane, editor, China (The History of Nations), Greenhaven Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 67:This army recaptured Wu-chʻang, on the right bank of the Yangtze, in 1854, reached Chen-chiang four years later, advanced to Chiu-chiang and threatened Nanking.
Translations
References
- ^ Zhenjiang Wade-Giles romanization Chen-chiang, in Encyclopædia Britannica
- ^ “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China, Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, 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
Further reading
- “Chen-chiang”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- Chen-chiang at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- “Chen-chiang, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “Chen-chiang”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Chen-chiang”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Chen-chiang” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.