Meanings
alternative Changchiakou · alternative Chang-chia-k'ou · alternative Changkiakow
- A prefecture-level city of Hebei, China.
A steady snow was falling in the morning at Zhangjiakou, and overcast skies threatened snow flurries in Yanqing and Beijing.
2022 February 11, Remy Tumin, “A Beijing Games first: Real snow in Zhangjiakou.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Feb 20221 more example
Sure of his superiority, Chiang launched a countrywide offensive to establish his supremacy. In October, his troops occupied the important North China city of Changchiakou (Kalgan) and a number of other cities evacuated by the People's Liberation Army in accordance with its strategy of not holding cities but concentrating on wiping out enemy troops.
[1977, Jack Chen, “The Kuomintang's Last Gamble”, in The Sinkiang Story, New York; London: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.; Collier Macmillan Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 253Synonyms: Kalgan
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA prefecture-level city of Hebei, China.
Origin
- Mandarin張家口 /张家口
- EnglishZhangjiakou
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 張家口 /张家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu).
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Chinese Cantonese 張家口 /张家口
- 張家口 /张家口 (zoeng¹ gaa¹ hau²)prefecture-level city in Hebei, China
Chinese Mandarin 張家口 /张家口
- 張家口 /张家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu)prefecture-level city in Hebei, China
Japanese 張ちょう家か口こう, チャンチアコウ
- 張ちょう家か口こうprefecture-level city in Hebei, China
- チャンチアコウprefecture-level city in Hebei, China
Korean 장가구
- 장가구 (janggagu)prefecture-level city in Hebei, China
Russian Чжанцзяко́у, Калга́н
- Чжанцзяко́у (Čžanczjakóu)prefecture-level city in Hebei, China
- Калга́н (Kalgán)prefecture-level city in Hebei, China
Vietnamese Trương Gia Khẩu
- Trương Gia Khẩuprefecture-level city in Hebei, China
Cite this entry
Zhangjiakou. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zhangjiakou
“Zhangjiakou.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zhangjiakou. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Zhangjiakou,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zhangjiakou.
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