Shih-chia-chuang

English

Map including SHIH-CHIA-CHUANG (DMA, 1975)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: shûrʹjē-äʹjwängʹ

Proper noun

Shih-chia-chuang

1. Alternative form of Shijiazhuang
   • 1912, Correspondence Respecting the Affairs of China‎^[1], London: Harrison and Sons, →OCLC, page 67:

     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.

   • 1970, Annual summary of information on natural disasters 1966‎^[2], Belgium: Unesco, →OCLC, page 26‎^[3]:

     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.

   • 1977, Chiang Yee, China Revisited‎^[4], New York: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 100:

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

   • 1981, “Shih-chia-chuang”, in Encyclopedia Britannica‎^[5], volume IX, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 144, column 1:

     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.

   • 2011, Ralph D. Sawyer, Ancient Chinese Warfare‎^[6], Basic Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 135:

     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.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Shih-chia-chuang.

Translations

Shijiazhuang — see Shijiazhuang

Further reading

• “Shih-chia-chuang”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Shih-chia-chuang”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Shih-chia-chuang” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.