Zhangye

Zhang·ye
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proper noun

A prefecture-level city of Gansu, China.

OriginMandarin 張掖 /张掖 →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A prefecture-level city of Gansu, China.

    Now this old-new part of China is having a boom. Building is going on apace in the cities of Wuwei, Changyeh, and Kiuchuan of the Corridor.

    [1945 June, Walter C. Lowdermilk, “China Fights Erosion with U. S. Aid”, in National Geographic Magazine, volume LXXXVII, number 6, Washington, D.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 663, column 2
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    Rice is grown in the warm and humid climate of the Southern Kansu Highlands and around the oases in the Hohsi Corridor, like Changyi and Kiuchuan, where water is abundant. The rice produced in the Hohsi Corridor is known for its excellent quality.

    A Concise Geography of China

    [1964, Jen Yu-ti [任育地], 中国地理概述 [A Concise Geography of China], Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 196

    Gun was taking photos of the reclining Buddha in Changyeh and had climbed the loft to get closer to the large face.[…] The reclining Buddha in Kanchow, which was the old name of Changyeh, is famous. The figure is 34.5 meters long and 7.5 meters high.

    [1979, Jan Myrdal, “The Reclining Buddha”, in Ann Hening, transl., The Silk Road: A Journey from the High Pamirs and Ili through Sinkiang and Kansu, New York: Pantheon Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 259

    Maggie Zhang, co-founder of SheTalks, a company in Beijing that organizes events for women, is working out of her parents’ apartment in the northwestern city of Zhangye in Gansu province. She went for the Lunar New Year and said she might stay through March.

    2020 February 14, Joe McDonald, Yu Bing, “China’s virus crackdown leaves millions working at home”, in AP News, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2023

Origin

  1. Mandarin張掖 /张掖
  2. EnglishZhangye

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 張掖 /张掖 (Zhāngyè).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 張掖 /张掖
  • 張掖 /张掖 (zoeng¹ jik⁶)prefecture-level city
Chinese Mandarin 張掖 /张掖
  • 張掖 /张掖 (Zhāngyè, Zhāngyì)prefecture-level city
Cite this entry
APA

Zhangye. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zhangye

MLA

“Zhangye.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zhangye. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Zhangye,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zhangye.

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