Shijiazhuang

See also: Shíjiāzhuāng and Shi-jia-zhuang

English

Alternative forms

• Shi-jia-zhuang (also from Hanyu Pinyin, rare)
• Shihchiachuang, Shih-chia-chuang (Wade–Giles)
• Shihkiachwang (Postal Romanization)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin for 石家莊／石家庄 (Shíjiāzhuāng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʃiːd͡ʒjɑːˈd͡ʒwɑŋ/

Proper noun

Shijiazhuang

1. A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Hebei, in northeastern China.
   • 2009 February 2, David Barboza, “Death sentences given in Chinese milk scandal”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-08-10, Asia Pacific‎^[3]:

     The Intermediate People's Court in Shijiazhuang, in the northern province of Hebei, said the defendants had intentionally produced or sold dairy products laced with a toxic chemical called melamine, which was used to give falsely high protein readings but which caused kidney stones and other ailments in about 300,000 children last year.

   • 2021 January 19, Miriam Berger, “China rushes to build coronavirus quarantine center for 4,000 as it battles local outbreaks”, in The Washington Post‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 January 2021‎^[5]:

     China is racing to build a quarantine center to house 4,000 people in the northern city of Shijiazhuang, the epicenter of the country’s latest outbreak of the coronavirus, which Beijing has largely contained at an enormous cost to its 1.3 billion people.

Translations

a city of China

• Arabic: شيجياتشوانج m (šijyatšwāng), شِيجْيَاجْوَانْغ m (šijyajwānḡ)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 石家莊／石家庄 (sek⁶ gaa¹ zong¹)

  Mandarin: 石家莊／石家庄 (zh) (Shíjiāzhuāng)

• Finnish: Shijiazhuang
• Hungarian: Sicsiacsuang (hu)
• Japanese: 石家荘 (せっかそう, Sekkasō)
• Korean: 스자좡 (Seujajwang)
• Macedonian: Шеџијаџуа́нг m (Šedžijadžuáng)
• Russian: Шицзячжуа́н m (Šiczjačžuán)
• Vietnamese: Thạch Gia Trang
• Zhuang: Sizgyahcangh

Further reading

• “Shijiazhuang”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Shijiazhuang, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Shijiazhuang”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Shijiazhuang”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Shijiazhuang” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.