Shih-chia-chuang
English
Map including SHIH-CHIA-CHUANG (DMA, 1975)
Etymology
From Mandarin 石家莊／石家庄 (Shíjiāzhuāng), Wade–Giles romanization: Shih²-chia¹-chuang¹.[1]
Pronunciation
- enPR: shûrʹjē-äʹjwängʹ
Proper noun
Shih-chia-chuang
- Alternative form of Shijiazhuang
- 1912, Correspondence Respecting the Affairs of China, London: Harrison and Sons, OCLC 11072152, page 67:
- The revolt of the troops at Taiyuan-fu, in Shansi, has, after a small skirmish, resulted in an affair at the junction at Shih-chia-chuang, when General Wu Lu Chen (the late commander of the 6th division, sent to pacify the Shansi rebels) was murdered.
- 1970, Annual summary of information on natural disasters 1966, Belgium: Unesco, OCLC 1148058670, page 26:
- The New China agency reported that numerous building and houses collapsed but that the number of casualties was less than on 8 March, when people had been caught in their sleep. The worst damage was done at Hsing-t'ai, Heng-shui and Shih-chia-chuang [1]; numerous aftershocks (Nos. 186-90) were felt in the same region up to 29 March.
- 1977, Chiang Yee, China Revisited, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, LCCN 77-22587, OCLC 473570033, page 100:
- We left Tachai in the morning to catch a train for Chengchow via Shih-chia-chuang, the capital of Hopeh Province.
- 2011, Ralph D. Sawyer, Ancient Chinese Warfare, Basic Books, →ISBN, LCCN 2010051391, OCLC 657595552, page 135:
- Hsing-t'ai, Han-tan, and Shih-chia-chuang are thus among the numerous Shang sites marked by heavy upper Erh-li-kang cultural manifestations.
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Translations
Shijiazhuang — see Shijiazhuang
References
- Shijiazhuang, Wade-Giles romanization Shih-chia-chuang, in Encyclopædia Britannica
Further reading
- Shih-chia-chuang at OneLook Dictionary Search
- “Shih-chia-chuang”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
- “Shih-chia-chuang” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.