Chengdu
Syllables: Cheng·du/t͡ʃɛŋ.du/
Chengdu proper noun: a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Sichuan, in southwestern China.
Proper noun
Chengdu
- A subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Sichuan, in southwestern China.
- As the United States lashed out against the “new tyranny” of China, Beijing on Friday ordered the closure of the American consulate in Chengdu, a retaliatory move that threatens to drive the two powers into an even deeper divide.
- Beijing blamed the Trump administration for the deterioration in relations, calling its own action justified after Washington told China this week to shutter its consulate in Houston and accused its diplomats of acting illegally. A Chinese official, in turn, denounced American diplomats in Chengdu...2020 July 24, Keith Bradsher, Steven Lee Myers, “China Orders U.S. to Shut Consulate in Chengdu, Retaliating for Houston”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Jul...
Chengdu meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Arabic and Vietnamese
Chengdu in Hindi
- capital of Sichuan province, China
- चेंगदू ceṅgdū
Chengdu in Marathi
- capital of Sichuan province, China
- चेंग्डू ceṅgḍū
Chengdu in Arabic
- capital of Sichuan province, China
- شِينْغْدُو šinḡdū, تْشِينْغْدُو tšingdū
Chengdu in Vietnamese
- capital of Sichuan province, China
- Thành Đô
Forms of Chengdu
| alternative form | Ch'eng-tu |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Ch'êng-tu |
| alternative form | Chengtu |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Chingtu |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Chingtoo |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Cingtu |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Tchingtou |
Origin of Chengdu
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 成都 (Chéngdū), supposedly bestowed upon it during its first founding by the ninth king of the Shu Kingdom's Kaiming dynasty when he removed his court there from nearby Pi County.
Questions about Chengdu
- What does Chengdu mean?
- Chengdu means a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Sichuan, in southwestern China.
- What is Chengdu in Hindi?
- Chengdu in Hindi is चेंगदू (ceṅgdū). See Chengdu meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Chengdu?
- Chengdu is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Chengdu?
- Chengdu is pronounced /t͡ʃɛŋ.du/.
Words near Chengdu in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Chengdu (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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