Meanings
alternative dated Kangting · alternative K'ang-ting
- A county-level city of Garzê, Sichuan, southwest China.
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The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude-5.9 quake hit Saturday about 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the town of Kangding in Sichuan province. China’s seismological agency put the magnitude at 6.3.[…] No major damage was reported in the town of Kangding, where CCTV video showed residents strolling the town’s streets, looking up at the steep surrounding hillsides and talking on their cellphones.[…] Kangding and the surrounding county have a population of 129,320 people, about 70 percent of them Tibetan.
2014 November 22, Christopher Bodeen, “Strong quake in west China kills 2; 54 hurt”, in AP News, archived from the original on 18 May 2022
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Mandarin康定
- EnglishKangding
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 康定 (Kāngdìng).
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Chinese Cantonese 康定
- 康定 (hong¹ ding⁶)county-level city of Sichuan province, China
Chinese Mandarin 康定
- 康定 (Kāngdìng)county-level city of Sichuan province, China
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Kangding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kangding
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