Shijiazhuang
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See also: Shíjiāzhuāng and Shi-jia-zhuang
English
Alternative forms
- Shi-jia-zhuang (also from Hanyu Pinyin, rare)
- Shihchiachuang, Shih-chia-chuang (Wade–Giles)
- Shihkiachwang (Postal Romanization)
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin for 石家莊／石家庄 (Shíjiāzhuāng).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Shijiazhuang
- A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Hebei, in northeastern China.
- 2009 February 2, David Barboza, “Death sentences given in Chinese milk scandal”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-08-10, Asia Pacific:
- The Intermediate People's Court in Shijiazhuang, in the northern province of Hebei, said the defendants had intentionally produced or sold dairy products laced with a toxic chemical called melamine, which was used to give falsely high protein readings but which caused kidney stones and other ailments in about 300,000 children last year.
- 2021 January 19, Miriam Berger, “China rushes to build coronavirus quarantine center for 4,000 as it battles local outbreaks”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 January 2021:
- China is racing to build a quarantine center to house 4,000 people in the northern city of Shijiazhuang, the epicenter of the country’s latest outbreak of the coronavirus, which Beijing has largely contained at an enormous cost to its 1.3 billion people.
Translations
a city of China
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References
- ^ Shabad, Theodore (1972) “Index”, in China's Changing Map, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 345, 362:
- Chinese place names are listed in three common spelling styles: […] (1) the Post Office system, […] (2) the Wade-Giles system, […] shown after the main entry […] (3) the Chinese Communists' own Pinyin romanization system, which also appears in parentheses […] Shihkiachwang (Shih-chia-chuang, Shijiazhuang)
Further reading
- “Shijiazhuang”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “Shijiazhuang, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “Shijiazhuang”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Shijiazhuang”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Shijiazhuang” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.