Etymology

Chongqing

Chong·qing
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Today it means: A direct-administered municipality and city in western China. Full definition →

Mandarin 重慶 /重庆
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from重慶 /重庆
  2. English todayChongqing

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 重慶 /重庆 (Chóngqìng).

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