Zhenjiang

Zhenjiang

English

Alternative forms

• (postal romanization) Chinkiang
• (from Wade–Giles) Chen-chiang

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 鎮江／镇江 (Zhènjiāng).

Proper noun

Zhenjiang

1. A prefecture-level city in Jiangsu, China

Synonyms

• Chenkong

Translations

a city in China

Chinese: Mandarin: 鎮江／镇江 (zh) (Zhènjiāng) Hungarian: Csencsiang Japanese: 鎮江 (ちんこう, Chinkō) Korean: 전장 (ko) (Jeonjang) Russian: Чжэньцзя́н m (Čžɛnʹczján) Vietnamese: Trấn Giang

References

1. “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China‎, Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, LCCN 79-42627, OCLC 781411242, 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”