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Ch'ing-tao

Ch'ing-tao is the alternative form of Qingdao.

Meaning of Qingdao

Proper noun

Qingdao

  1. A major prefecture-level city and subprovincial city in eastern Shandong, in eastern China, on the Yellow Sea.
    • Tsing-tau was no longer defensible when surrendered to the Japanese, according to a correspondent of The Associated Press who was in Tsing-tau throughout the siege and arrived here tonight. His delay in reaching Peking was due to the Japanese holding him in Tsing-tau after its fall as a method of...[1914 November 19 [1914 November 18], “TSING-TAU CAPTURED BY BAYONET CHARGE; Japanese at the Brink of German Trenches Before White Flag Was Hoisted.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...

Origin of Ch'ing-tao

From Mandarin 青島 /靑島 /青岛 (Qīngdǎo), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻing¹-tao³.

Questions about Ch'ing-tao

What is Ch'ing-tao the alternative form of?
Ch'ing-tao is the alternative form of Qingdao.

Words near Ch'ing-tao in the dictionary

  1. Ch'ing Ming
  2. Ch'ing-chiang-p'u
  3. Ch'ing-hai
  4. Ch'ing-ho
  5. Ch'ing-ming
  6. Ch'ing-tao
  7. Ch'iung-hai
  8. Ch'ng
  9. Ch'olan
  10. Ch'olti'
  11. Ch'ongju

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ch'ing-tao (page history and authors); Qingdao (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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