Ch'ang-chou
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See also: chàngchóu and Chang-chou
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Mandarin 常州 (Chángzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻang²-chou¹.[1][2]
Proper noun[edit]
Ch'ang-chou
- Alternative form of Changzhou
- 1894 May, Rev. Isaac T. Headland, “The Edward Bellamy of China: or The Political Condition of the Middle Sungs.”, in Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal[2], volume 25, number 5, page 207:
- The President of the Imperial Academy recommended him for the title of Censor (諫官), but Wang An-shih refused to receive it, giving as a reason that his grandmother was sick and old, and he wanted to serve her. But at once he was made Department Magistrate (知州) of Chʻang-chou.
- 1927, John C. Ferguson, “Patterns of the Yüan Dynasty”, in Chinese Painting[3], Chicago: University of Chicago Press, →OCLC, page 148:
- Liang Ch’ang is a hill in Chin-t’an near the borders of Kü-jung about fifty miles west of Ch’ang-chou in Kiangsu Province.
- 1962, Ping-ti Ho, The Ladder of Success in Imperial China Aspects of Social Mobility, 1368-1911[4], John Wiley & Sons, Inc, published 1964, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 58:
- Wu Kʻuan, for example, who won the highest honors in the metropolitan and palace examination of 1472 and became president of the Board of Rites, was from an artisan family of Ch’ang-chou County, part of Su-chou in southern Kiangsu.
- 1981, Caleb Carr, The Devil Soldier[5], Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 17:
- The Chung Wang claimed that the imperialists lost 10,000 men at Tan-yang, and, while such numbers were invariably exaggerated by both sides during the rebellion, the victory did open the way to the town of Ch'ang-chou, the first vital position on the line to Soochow.
- 1990, Leung Yuen-sang, The Shanghai Taotai: Linkage Man in a Changing Society, 1843-90[6], University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 58:
- Further, he suggested strategies and gave counsel to his superiors at Soochow and Ch'ang-chou. (The Governor-General resided temporarily in Ch'ang-chou after the Taiping capture of Nanking in 1853.)
Translations[edit]
Changzhou — see Changzhou
References[edit]
- ^ Changzhou, Wade-Giles romanization Ch’ang-chou, in Encyclopædia Britannica
- ^ Shabad, Theodore (1972) “Index”, in China's Changing Map[1], New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 345, 347:
- Chinese place names are listed in three common spelling styles: […] (2) the Wade-Giles system, […] shown after the main entry […] (3) the Chinese Communists' own Pinyin romanization system, which also appears in parentheses […]
Changchow (Ch’ang-chou, Changzhou)
Further reading[edit]
- “Ch'ang-chou”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- Ch'ang-chou, Chang-chou, Ch'angchou, Changchou, Ch'ang-Chou, Ch'ang Chou, Chang Chou at Google Ngram Viewer
- “Ch'ang-chou”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Ch'ang-chou” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.