Kangding

Kangding

See also: Kāngdìng

English

Alternative forms

• (dated) Kangting
• (from Wade–Giles) K'ang-ting

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 康定 (Kāngdìng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɒŋ.dɪŋ/, /kɑŋ-/

Proper noun

Kangding

1. A county-level city in Garzê, Sichuan, southwest China
   • 2014 November 22, Bodeen, Christopher, “Strong quake in west China kills 2; 54 hurt”, in AP News‎, archived from the original on 18 May 2022:

     The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude-5.9 quake hit Saturday about 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the town of Kangding in Sichuan province. China’s seismological agency put the magnitude at 6.3. […]
     No major damage was reported in the town of Kangding, where CCTV video showed residents strolling the town’s streets, looking up at the steep surrounding hillsides and talking on their cellphones. […]
     Kangding and the surrounding county have a population of 129,320 people, about 70 percent of them Tibetan.

Synonyms

• Dartsedo
• Tachienlu

Translations

county-level city of Sichuan province, China

Chinese: Cantonese: 康定 (hong1 ding6) Mandarin: 康定 (zh) (Kāngdìng) Tibetan: དར་རྩེ་མདོ། (dar rtse mdo)

Further reading

• Kangding in Encyclopædia Britannica