Qianjiang

Qian·jiang
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proper noun

A sub-prefectural city of Hubei, China, formerly a county.

Scrabble 26

Meanings

Qianjiang1

proper noun

alternative historical obsolete Tsienkiang · alternative Ch'ien-chiang

  1. A sub-prefectural city of Hubei, China, formerly a county.

    In Qianjiang City, in the central province of Hubei, activists said in interviews that they had been followed by the police and blocked from speaking with voters.

    2016 November 15, Javier C. Hernández, “‘We Have a Fake Election’: China Disrupts Local Campaigns”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Nov 2016, Asia Pacific
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    Good news on the summer harvest prevailed in the countryside of Chienchiang County, Hupeh. The county reported remarkable increased in its 600,000 mou of summer food crops this year, surpassing the yield in 1962 which was considered as the best year.

    [1965 July 9 [1965 June 7], “Chienchiang County Reports Increase in Crops”, in Daily Report: Foreign Radio Broadcasts, number 131, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Wuhan Domestic Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, Communist China: Regional Affairs, page DDD 2

    The construction of democratic politics in some regions went backward. For example, Qianjiang Municipality in Hubei Province was given an award as the National Model City of the Villagers’ Autonomy by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but “there was an incident in which most of the members of the villagers’ committees were unlawfully replaced by the township governments.”

    Democracy and China

    2011, Jianfei (刘建飞) Liu, 民主中国与世界 [Democracy and China], Beijing: New World Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 109

Qianjiang2

proper noun

alternative Ch'ien-chiang

  1. A district of Chongqing, China.

    Sinopec’s first exploratory well, Qianye-1, in the Qianjiang district of Chongqing, was completed in early 2012 and flowed a significant amount of gas.

    2013 January 17, John Kemp, “COLUMN-China offers greatest prize of all for shale gas: Kemp”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2023, Oil Report

Origin

Qianjiang · proper noun

  1. Mandarin潛江 /潜江
  2. EnglishQianjiang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 潛江 /潜江 (Qiánjiāng).

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Qianjiang · proper noun

From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 黔江 (Qiánjiāng).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 潛江 /潜江, 黔江
  • 潛江 /潜江 (cim⁴ gong¹)a sub-prefecture-level city in central China
  • 黔江 (kim⁴ gong¹)district
Chinese Mandarin 潛江 /潜江, 黔江
  • 潛江 /潜江 (Qiánjiāng)a sub-prefecture-level city in central China
  • 黔江 (Qiánjiāng)district
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APA

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Chicago

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