Ch'eng-te
English
Etymology
From Mandarin 承德 (Chéngdé), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻêng²-tê².[1]
Proper noun
Ch'eng-te
- Alternative form of Chengde
- 1989, Dolores Zen, transl., Last Chance in Manchuria, Hoover Institution Press, →ISBN, LCCN 88-8352, OCLC 1051305054, page 80:
- But the Soviet Army does not have strong armed forces in those two places, and, since it belongs to the eastern war zone, Antung is not under his jurisdiction. Our troops also can reach Ch’eng-te by an overland route. As for the date when our troops will arrive in Mukden, Harbin, and other places, it can vary by a number of days, which will be no problem.
- 1994, Tony Scotland, The Empty Throne: The Quest for an Imperial Heir in the People's Republic of China, Penguin Books, →ISBN, OCLC 30395676, OL 21144179M, page 28:
- A French tourist whose bag was snatched outside another imperial palace, at Ch'eng-te, wrote to the China Daily to record her appreciation of the police, who had 'taken the situation very seriously and were very thorough in their investigation'.
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Translations
Chengde — see Chengde
References
- Chengde, Wade-Giles romanization Ch’eng-te, in Encyclopædia Britannica
Further reading
- “Ch'eng-te”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “Ch'eng-te”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
- “Ch'eng-te” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.