Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Zhenjiang.
This army recaptured Wu-chʻang, on the right bank of the Yangtze, in 1854, reached Chen-chiang four years later, advanced to Chiu-chiang and threatened Nanking.
2003, C.J. Shane, editor, China (The History of Nations), Greenhaven Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 672 more examples
There the Chinese had sunk a number of coasters to form a boom covered by shore batteries to prevent the Japanese Navy advancing up to Chen-chiang, Nanking and beyond (which they were eventually to do).
1937, Michael Calvert, “Shanghai”, in Jon E. Lewis, editor, The Giant Book of Battles, London: Magpie Books, published 2006, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 129Hibiscus Tower was located in the northwestern corner of the present-day city of Chen-chiang on the south bank of the Yangtze. Near Chen-chiang is the Grand Canal, which then as now ran northward and, during the T’ang, formed a vital link between the Yangtze in the south and the Yellow River in the north.
1982, Joseph J. Lee, Wang Chʻang-ling, Boston: Twayne Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 101
Origin
From Mandarin 鎮江／镇江 (Zhènjiāng), Wade–Giles romanization: Chên⁴-chiang¹.
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