Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Nanchong.
Newly discovered oil and gas deposits at Nan-ch'ung in Szechwan also promise to be of increasing importance.
1963, Yuan-li Wu, “The Infant Petroleum Industry”, in Economic Development and the Use of Energy Resources in Communist China, Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1782 more examples
Tseng Tzu-po, magistrate of Nan-ch’ung, Szechwan, was another influential practitioner of chien-pi ch’ing-yeh.
1970, Philip A. Kuhn, “The Development of Ch’ing Militia Policy, 1796–1850”, in Rebellion and Its Enemies in Late Imperial China, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 44Above these places navigation for junks has also been greatly improved, and steamers can make the round trip between Ichang and Chungking in less than a week. Above Chungking smaller steamers now ply regularly as far as Ipin (formerly Suifu) on the Top River, and even beyond to Chiating on the Min River, and to Nan-ch'ung on the Chialing.
1978, Archibald Duncan Blue, British Ships and West China, 1875–1941: With Special Reference to the Upper Yangtze, Milton Keynes: The Open University, page 220
Origin
- Mandarin南充
- EnglishNan-ch'ung
From Mandarin 南充 (Nánchōng) Wade–Giles romanization: Nan²-chʻung¹.
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