Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Chongming.
The ship steamed past Ch'ung-ming Island and veered south into the Whangpu River, a quarter-mile wide tributary flanked on both sides by dirt levees.
2016, Daniel Bacon, chapter 15, in Frisco (Fiction), Quicksilver Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1082 more examples
Chʻung-ming, an island astride the mouth of the Yangtze, had been captured against quite stiff opposition from the Chinese River Defense Force and was being developed into an advance naval and air base.
1937, Michael Calvert, “Shanghai”, in Jon E. Lewis, editor, The Giant Book of Battles, London: Magpie Books, published 2006, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 129Cheng's presence along the southeast coastline made the Manchus nervous about the security of Ch'ung-ming island off the Kiangsu coast, which they promptly reinforced.
1976, Lawrence D. Kessler, K'ang-hsi and the Consolidation of Ch'ing Rule, 1661–1684, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 91
Origin
- Mandarin崇明
- EnglishCh'ung-ming
From Mandarin 崇明 (Chóngmíng) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻung²-ming².
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