Chenjiagang

Chen·jia·gang
C3H4E1N1J8I1A1G2A1N1G2

proper noun

A town in Xiangshui, Yancheng, Jiangsu, China.

Scrabble 25

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Ch'en-chia-chiang · alternative Ch'en-chia-kang

  1. A town in Xiangshui, Yancheng, Jiangsu, China.

    Li Hongmei, a hotel owner from Chenjiagang, said she had seen a three-year-old boy being thrown into the air by the force of the shock wave that had left him visibly terrified.

    2019 March 23, Sidney Leng, Zhuang Pinghui, “Chinese chemical plant survivors relive horror of ‘earth-shattering’ blast”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2019, Society
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    Chenjiagang Power Plant to be built is located at Chenjiagang Town nearby Guanhe River in Jiangsu (Figure 1)....The river section from Chenjiagang to the river mouth is 11km long, with average width of water surface below mean tide level of 820m~1,100m, and natural water depth of 8~11m.

    2009, Dou Xiping, Li Tilai, Gao Xiangyu, Qu Hongling, “Numerical Model of Oil Spilled During Ship Accident in Guanghe Estuary, China”, in Soon Keat Tan, Zhenhua Huang, editors, Asian And Pacific Coasts 2009, volume 1, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 322

    The blast occurred on Thursday at the Chenjiagang Industrial Park in the city of Yancheng, in Jiangsu province, and the fire was finally brought under control at 3 a.m. local time on Friday (1900 GMT), state television said.

    2019 March 21, David Stanway, “China chemical plant blast kills 62; Xi orders probe”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2020

Origin

  1. Mandarin陳家港 /陈家港
  2. EnglishChenjiagang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 陳家港 /陈家港 (Chénjiāgǎng).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 陳家港 /陈家港
  • 陳家港 /陈家港town in eastern China
Chinese Mandarin 陳家港 /陈家港
  • 陳家港 /陈家港 (Chénjiāgǎng)town in eastern China
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“Chenjiagang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chenjiagang. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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