Shih-chia-chuang

A form of Shijiazhuang — A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Hebei, in northern China.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Shijiazhuang.

    We left Tachai in the morning to catch a train for Chengchow via Shih-chia-chuang, the capital of Hopeh Province.

    1977, Chiang Yee, China Revisited, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 100
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    The revolt of the troops at Taiyuan-fu, in Shansi, has, after a small skirmish, resulted in an affair at the junction at Shih-chia-chuang, when General Wu Lu Chen (the late commander of the 6th division, sent to pacify the Shansi rebels) was murdered.

    1912, Correspondence Respecting the Affairs of China, London: Harrison and Sons, →OCLC, page 67

    The New China agency reported that numerous building and houses collapsed but that the number of casualties was less than on 8 March, when people had been caught in their sleep. The worst damage was done at Hsing-t’ai, Heng-shui and Shih-chia-chuang [1]; numerous aftershocks (Nos. 186-90) were felt in the same region up to 29 March.

    1970, Annual summary of information on natural disasters 1966, Belgium: Unesco, →OCLC, page 26

    Shih-chia-chuang, Pin-yin romanization SHI-JIA-ZHUANG, a city in west central Hopeh Province (sheng), China, a subprovincial-level municipality, an administrative centre of the Shih-chia-chuang Area ti-ch’ü), and the administrative capital of Hopeh Province.

    1981, “Shih-chia-chuang”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume IX, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 144, column 1

    Hsing-t'ai, Han-tan, and Shih-chia-chuang are thus among the numerous Shang sites marked by heavy upper Erh-li-kang cultural manifestations.

    2011, Ralph D. Sawyer, Ancient Chinese Warfare, Basic Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 135

Origin

  1. Mandarin石家莊 /石家庄
  2. EnglishShih-chia-chuang

From Mandarin 石家莊 /石家庄 (Shíjiāzhuāng), Wade–Giles romanization: Shih²-chia¹-chuang¹.

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