Chenggu
English
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) Ch'eng-ku
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 城固.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃɛŋ.ɡu/, /t͡ʃʌŋ-/, /t͡ʃɑŋ-/, /t͡ʃæŋ-/
Proper noun
Chenggu
- A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.
- 1991 [1987], Zou, Zongxu, Susan Whitfield, transl., The Land Within the Passes: A History of Xian, Viking, →ISBN, LCCN 88-51496, OCLC 428519978, OL 7642783M, page 138:
- Zhang Qian, buried in his home town in Chenggu County, was the first envoy in Chinese history to visit the western regions and thus form the initial link between China and her western neighbours.
- [2002, Chu Yin-tsung McIntyre, The Snow Storm Over Temple Ta-er, Pittsburg, Penn.: Dorrance Publishing Co., →ISBN, OCLC 55630830, page 1:
- The policy-making officials in the war capital of Chung-king had decided to relocate the Northwestern Teachers’ College from Ch’êng-ku county, southern Shênsi province, to Shih-li-tien, literally Ten-miles-distanced store, a suburb of the city of Lanchou, Kansu province.]
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Translations
county
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Anagrams
- Gucheng