Shijiazhuang

Shijiazhuang

English

Alternative forms

• (from Wade–Giles) Shihchiachuang, Shih-chia-chuang
• (postal romanization) Shihkiachwang

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin for 石家莊／石家庄 (Shíjiāzhuāng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʃiːd͡ʒjɑːˈd͡ʒwɑŋ/

Proper noun

Shijiazhuang

1. A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Hebei, in northeastern China.
   • [1966 [January 30, 1948], Mao, Tse-tung, “The Democratic Movement in the Army”, in 毛主席語录 [Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung]‎, Peking: Foreign Language Press, OCLC 471535806, page 160:

     Under the direction of the company leadership, the rank and file should be roused to discuss how to attack and capture enemy positions and how to fulfil other combat tasks. When the fighting lasts several days, several such meetings should be held. This kind of military democracy was practised with great success in the battle of Panlung in northern Shensi and in the battle of Shihchiachuang in the Shansi-Chahar-Hopei area.]

   • [1970, Hinton, William, Iron oxen: A Documentary of Revolution in Chinese Farming‎, Vintage Books, published 1971, →ISBN, LCCN 70-105310, OCLC 769622, page 52:

     Li served as secretary to a land-reform team that was in charge of a whole county. When that job was finished he went to Shihchiachuang to await a new assignment.]

Translations

a city of China

Arabic: شيجياتشوانج‎ m (šijyatšwāng), شِيجْيَاجْوَانْغ‎ m (šijyajwānḡ) Chinese: Cantonese: 石家莊, 石家庄 (sek6 gaa1 zong1) Mandarin: 石家莊／石家庄 (zh) (Shíjiāzhuāng) Finnish: Shijiazhuang Hungarian: Sicsiacsuang Japanese: 石家荘 (せっかそう, Sekkasō) Korean: 스자좡 (Seujajwang) Macedonian: Шеџијаџуа́нг m (Šedžijadžuáng) Russian: Шицзячжуа́н m (Šiczjačžuán) Vietnamese: Thạch Gia Trang Zhuang: Sizgyahcangh

References

1. Shabad, Theodore (1972), “Index”, in China's Changing Map‎, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, LCCN 71-178868, OCLC 482667885, 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)