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Ch'eng-te

Ch'eng-te is the alternative form of Chengde.

Meaning of Chengde

Proper noun

Chengde

  1. A prefecture-level city of Hebei, China.
    • The Hopei Provincial CCP Committee has decided to publicize throughout the province a self-examination report prepared by the Chengte Prefectural CCP Committee concerning its mistakes in persecuting Chengte Teachers School cadres and masses, thereby infringing on people's democracy and violating...[1978 November 9 [1978 November 4], “Hopei CCP Committee Achieves Return of School Premises”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 218, Foreign Broadcast Information Service...
  2. A county of Chengde, Hebei, China.
    • Mr. Luo has a lot at stake. He is married and has an apartment and a mortgage back home in Chengde County in Hebei Province. His living is a good one for someone with a rural hukou. He is still making monthly payments equal to about $290 on his car and paying the same amount on his mortgage.2016 December 21, Cao Li, “China’s New Ride-Hailing Rules Focus on Where Drivers Call Home”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Dec 2016
    Synonyms:
    Rehe, Jehol

Origin of Ch'eng-te

From Mandarin 承德 (Chéngdé), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻêng²-tê².

Questions about Ch'eng-te

What is Ch'eng-te the alternative form of?
Ch'eng-te is the alternative form of Chengde.

Words near Ch'eng-te in the dictionary

  1. Ch'anists
  2. Ch'ao-chou
  3. Ch'ao-hsien
  4. Ch'ao-shan
  5. Ch'en
  6. Ch'eng-te
  7. Ch'eng-tu
  8. ch'i
  9. Ch'i-ch'i-ha-erh
  10. Ch'i-ch'un
  11. Ch'i-chia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ch'eng-te (page history and authors); Chengde (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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