Ch'ien-chiang
Ch'ien-chiang is the alternative form of Qianjiang.
Meaning of Qianjiang
Proper noun (1)
Qianjiang
- A sub-prefectural city of Hubei, China, formerly a county.
- Good news on the summer harvest prevailed in the countryside of Chienchiang County, Hupeh. The county reported remarkable increased in its 600,000 mou of summer food crops this year, surpassing the yield in 1962 which was considered as the best year.[1965 July 9 [1965 June 7], “Chienchiang County Reports Increase in Crops”, in Daily Report: Foreign Radio Broadcasts, number 131, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Wuhan Domestic...
Proper noun (2)
Qianjiang
- A district of Chongqing, China.
- Sinopec’s first exploratory well, Qianye-1, in the Qianjiang district of Chongqing, was completed in early 2012 and flowed a significant amount of gas.2013 January 17, John Kemp, “COLUMN-China offers greatest prize of all for shale gas: Kemp”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2023, Oil Report
Origin of Ch'ien-chiang
From Mandarin 潛江 /潜江 (Qiánjiāng) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻien²-chiang¹.
Questions about Ch'ien-chiang
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- Ch'ien-chiang is the alternative form of Qianjiang.
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