Changle

Chang·le
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/(ˈ)t͡ʃæŋ(ˈ)lʌ//t͡ʃɑŋ-/

proper noun

A district of Fuzhou, Fujian, China; a former county of Fujian, China.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Changlo · alternative Ch'ang-lo · alternative Diongloh

  1. A district of Fuzhou, Fujian, China; a former county of Fujian, China.

    Diongloh, a small port on the Min river 15 miles southeast of Foochow, fell to Chinese troops on Saturday.[…]Approximately 200 Japanese who tried to make a stand at Diongloh were wiped out, the Chinese said.

    [1945 May 22 [1945 May 21], Spencer Moosa, “Chinese Take Railhead as Japs Retire”, in Hope Star, Hope, Ark., sourced from Chungking (AP), →OCLC, page 6, column 7
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    Such an informal recruitment process seems to give just about anybody with the right connections or in the right social circles the opportunity to enter the business. Such was the story of a teacher in Changle County who became involved in the business because her husband was without a stable job at one point.

    2008, Sheldon X. Zhang, Chinese Human Smuggling Organizations, Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 31

    The New York outpost, which was set up by the city of Fuzhou, is based in the offices of a Chinese community organization, the America Changle Association NY, according to the state-run China Youth Daily, which last year published a document listing various police outposts. Changle is a district in the city of Fuzhou. The article has since been deleted.

    2023 January 12, Megha Rajagopalan, William K. Rashbaum, “With F.B.I. Search, U.S. Escalates Global Fight Over Chinese Police Outposts”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Jan 2023, Europe

Origin

  1. Mandarin長樂 /长乐
  2. EnglishChangle

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 長樂 /长乐 (Chánglè).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 長樂 /长乐
  • 長樂 /长乐 (coeng⁴ lok⁶)district of Fuzhou
Chinese Mandarin 長樂 /长乐
  • 長樂 /长乐 (Chánglè)district of Fuzhou
Polish Changle
  • Changledistrict of Fuzhou
Cite this entry
APA

Changle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Changle

MLA

“Changle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Changle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Changle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Changle.

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