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Ching-te-chen

Ching-te-chen is the alternative form of Jingdezhen.

Meaning of Jingdezhen

Proper noun

Jingdezhen

  1. A prefecture-level city of Jiangxi, China, known for porcelain.
    • The Ming age is also deservedly famous for its ceramics. The well-known imperial potteries in Chingtechen (Kiangsi) were founded in 1369, and quickly became a major centre producing a beautiful translucent white ware.[1984, Witold Rodzinksi, “Mongol Rule and Ming Restoration”, in The Walled Kingdom: A History of China from 2000 BC to the Present, London: Fontana Paperbacks, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 162

Origin of Ching-te-chen

From Mandarin 景德鎮 /景德镇 (Jǐngdézhèn) Wade–Giles romanization: Ching³-tê²-chên⁴.

Questions about Ching-te-chen

What is Ching-te-chen the alternative form of?
Ching-te-chen is the alternative form of Jingdezhen.

Words near Ching-te-chen in the dictionary

  1. Ching-hung
  2. Ching-men
  3. Ching-ming
  4. Ching-ming Festival
  5. Ching-pien
  6. Ching-te-chen
  7. Ching-yang
  8. chingadera
  9. chingaderas
  10. Chingakham
  11. Chingalay

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ching-te-chen (page history and authors); Jingdezhen (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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