Chengcheng

Cheng·cheng
C3H4E1N1G2C3H4E1N1G2
/t͡ʃæŋ.t͡ʃæŋ/

proper noun

A county of Weinan, Shaanxi, China.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Ch'eng-ch'eng

  1. A county of Weinan, Shaanxi, China.

    Ch’eng was located south of the modern capital of Ch’eng-ch’eng County, eastern Shensi.

    [1980, Cho-yun Hsu, “Farming Resources”, in Jack L. Dull, editor, Han Agriculture: The Formation of Early Chinese Agrarian Economy (206 B.C.-A.D. 220), University of Washington Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 260
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    Zhaojiahe is a single-surname village, which is not unusual in this area.⁸ It is under the administration of Leijiawa township, Chengcheng county, the Weinan district of Shaanxi province (see map 5).

    2000, Xin Liu, In One's Own Shadow: an Ethnographic Account of the Condition of Post-reform Rural China, University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 8

Origin

  1. Mandarin澄城
  2. EnglishChengcheng

From Mandarin 澄城 (Chéngchéng).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 澄城
  • 澄城 (Chéngchéng)county
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APA

Chengcheng. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chengcheng

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“Chengcheng.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chengcheng. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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