Chengde

See also: Chéngdé

English

Alternative forms

• Ch'eng-te (Wade–Giles)
• Chengte, Chengteh (dated)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 承德 (Chéngdé, literally “Upholding or Receiving Virtue”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛŋ.də/, /t͡ʃʌŋ-/, /t͡ʃɑŋ-/, /t͡ʃæŋ-/, /-deɪ/, enPR: chǔngʹdǔʹ

Proper noun

Chengde

1. A prefecture-level city in Hebei, China.
   • 2014 April 9, Austin Ramzy, “Beijing’s Neighbors Resist Transfer of Its Polluting Industries”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 July 2022‎^[3]:

     “This first wave of relocated companies are all highly polluting, high energy-consuming type businesses that will be a burden wherever they go, so at present the enthusiasm of Tianjin and Hebei to take them on isn’t high,” a district official from the Hebei city of Chengde told the newspaper.

2. A county of Chengde, Hebei, China.

Synonyms

• (city): (chiefly historical) Rehe, Jehol

Derived terms

• chengdeite

Translations

prefecture-level city and county in Hebei

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 承德 (sing⁴ dak¹)

  Mandarin: 承德 (zh) (Chéngdé)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Chengde”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 750, column 2