Chang-chia-k'ou

A form of Zhangjiakou — A prefecture-level city of Hebei, China.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Zhangjiakou.

    According to Ides, the Manchu emperor hunts tigers in the area each August. As they near Chang-chia-k’ou (Kalgan) at the Great Wall, the country becomes more populous.

    1993, Donald F. Lach, Edwin J. Van Kley, “China's Periphery”, in Asia in the Making of Europe, volume III, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1766
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    Kalgan or Chang-chia-k’ou (張家口) is in the north-western corner of the province just inside the Great Wall, at the beginning of the camel route across the desert to Siberia.

    1904, C. D. Tenney, Geography of Asia, New York: MacMillan and Co, →OCLC, page 6

    "In a little while," Chia whispered to him, "we will pull into Chang-chia-k'ou, and the people around me will get off there. I have already told the conductor to reserve a bunk bed for you. Once we get to Chang-chia-k'ou, you can come over."

    1978, Hsia Chih-yen, translated by Liang-lao Dee, The Coldest Winter in Peking, Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 160

    Ignat'ev refused to concede these points, but offered other concessions instead: Russia would not demand a consulate in Ch'i-ch'i-ha-erh or Chang-chia-k'ou (Kalgan); it would permit Chinese subjects to continue living along the Ussuri river as Chinese subjects; and it would limit to 200 the number of Russian traders in Peking.

    1996, S. C. M. Paine, Imperial Rivals: China, Russia, and Their Disputed Frontier, M. E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 89

Origin

  1. Mandarin張家口 /张家口
  2. EnglishChang-chia-k'ou

From Mandarin 張家口 /张家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu), Wade–Giles romanization: Chang¹-chia¹-kʻou³.

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