Zhangjiakou
English
Alternative forms
- Changchiakou, Chang-chia-k'ou (Wade–Giles)
- Changkiakow
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 張家口 / 张家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʒæŋˈdʒjækəʊ/[2][3]
- IPA(key): /ˌdʒaŋdʒjɑːˈkəʊ/[4]
- IPA(key): /ˈdʒɑŋˈdʒyɑˈkoʊ/[3]
- enPR: ˈjäŋ-ˈjyä-ˈkō[5]
- enPR: jängʹjyäʹkōʹ[3][6]
- Hyphenation: Zhang‧jia‧kou
Proper noun
Zhangjiakou
- A prefecture-level city of Hebei, China.
- [1977, Jack Chen, “The Kuomintang's Last Gamble”, in The Sinkiang Story[3], New York; London: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.; Collier Macmillan Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 253:
- Sure of his superiority, Chiang launched a countrywide offensive to establish his supremacy. In October, his troops occupied the important North China city of Changchiakou (Kalgan) and a number of other cities evacuated by the People's Liberation Army in accordance with its strategy of not holding cities but concentrating on wiping out enemy troops.]
- 2022 February 11, Remy Tumin, “A Beijing Games first: Real snow in Zhangjiakou.”, in The New York Times[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 February 2022[5]:
- A steady snow was falling in the morning at Zhangjiakou, and overcast skies threatened snow flurries in Yanqing and Beijing.
Synonyms
Translations
prefecture-level city in Hebei, China
References
- ^ Shabad, Theodore (1972), “Index”, in China's Changing Map[1], New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 345, 354:
- 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 […] Kalgan (Changkiakow, Chang-chia-k'ou, Zhangjiakou), […]
- ^ “Zhangjiakou”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 “Zhangjiakou” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.
- ^ “Zhangjiakou, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- ^ “Zhangjiakou”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Kalgan”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[2], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 898, column 1
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Zhangjiakou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[6], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3561, column 3
- Zhangjiakou, Chang-chia-k'ou, Changchiakou, Changkiakow, Kalgan at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- “Zhangjiakou”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.