Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Jincheng.
Chin-ch'eng was liberated in 1945.
1976, Sidney L. Greenblatt, editor, The People of Taihang, White Plains, NY: International Arts and Sciences Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1962 more examples
Microlithic finds in a ceramic context have been discovered as far south as Chin-ch’eng Hsien and Kao-tu Hsien in southeastern Shansi.
1968, Kwang-chih Chang, The Archaeology of Ancient China, Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 163Although the scale of such projects is rather small, they are numerous. In Chin-ch’eng county (Shansi province), 1,779 of the 1,915 industrial units - that is more than 92% - are administered at the brigade level.
1973, Authority, Participation and Cultural Change in China: Essays by a European Study Group, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 180
Origin
- Mandarin晉城 /晋城
- EnglishChin-ch'eng
From Mandarin 晉城 /晋城 (Jìnchéng), Wade–Giles romanization: Chin⁴-chʻêng².
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