Zhangjiakou

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1][2] romanization of the Mandarin 張家口 / 张家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʒæŋˈdʒjækəʊ/[3][4]
  • IPA(key): /ˌdʒaŋdʒjɑːˈkəʊ/[5]
  • IPA(key): /ˈdʒɑŋˈdʒyɑˈkoʊ/[4]
  • enPR: ˈjäŋ-ˈjyä-ˈkō[6]
  • enPR: jängʹjyäʹkōʹ[4][7]
  • Hyphenation: Zhang‧jia‧kou

Proper noun

Zhangjiakou

  1. A prefecture-level city of Hebei, China.
    • [1977, Jack Chen, “The Kuomintang's Last Gamble”, in The Sinkiang Story[4], 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[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 February 2022[6]:
      A steady snow was falling in the morning at Zhangjiakou, and overcast skies threatened snow flurries in Yanqing and Beijing.

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References

  1. ^ 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), []
  2. ^ Blunden, Caroline (1998), “Gazetteer”, in Cultural Atlas of China[2], Revised edition, Facts on File, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 232, 237:Names in italics represent the Wade-Giles equivalent of the preceding Pinyin transcription. [] Zhangjiakou/Chang-chia-k'ou/Kalgan
  3. ^ Zhangjiakou”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Zhangjiakou”, in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2026
  5. ^ Zhangjiakou, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  6. ^ Zhangjiakou”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  7. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Kalgan”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[3], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 898, column 1

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