Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Chongqing.
9.25 The Bank of Taiwan's main branch in 1937 shortly after it was built; the bank is situated on present-day Ch’ung-ch’ing South Road.
2015, Wan-yao Chou (周婉窈), translated by Carole Plackitt and Tim Casey, A New Illustrated History of Taiwan, Taipei: SMC Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 2093 more examples
In February, 1883, Mr. Hosie again left Chʻung-chʻing, and proceeded north-west to Chʻêng-tu, the capital of the province of Ssŭ-chʻuan, by way of the brine and petroleum wells of Tzŭ-liu-ching....In June, 1884, Mr. Hosie again left Chʻung-chʻing, and form Ho Chou, a three days' journey to the north of that city, he struck westward through a beautifully cultivated and fertile country to Chia-ting Fu, on the right bank of the Min at its junction with the Tʻung River.
1885 October 8, “The British Association”, in Nature, volume 32, number 832, page 564In considering the overall evidences, the present writer is inclined to believe that the Min-chia of Yun-nan are derived from some early Ssu-ch'uan people, either the Shu-shan of the Ch'eng-tu region, or the Pa-ti of the Ch'ung-ch'ing region.
1954, Herold J. Wiens, Han Chinese Expansion in South China, Shoe String Press, published 1967, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 36Adler, who served under White, was Treasury's man in Ch’ung-ch’ing, China. After being cleared in a series of security and loyalty investigations, Adler resigned and went back to China to spend the rest of his career working for the Chinese Communists.
2011, Myra Immell, editor, The McCarthy Era, 1st edition, Greenhaven Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 87
Origin
- Mandarin重慶
- EnglishCh'ung-ch'ing
From Mandarin 重慶 (Chóngqìng), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻung²-chʻing⁴.
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