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Chingchuan

Chingchuan is the alternative spelling of Qingchuan.

Chingchuan is the alternative form of Jingchuan.

Chingchuan is the alternative form of Qingquan.

Meaning of Qingchuan

Proper noun (1)

Qingchuan

  1. A county of Guangyuan, Sichuan, China.
    • It was not clear whether other cities in the quake zone, including Qingchuan, would make similar announcements. A woman answering phones at the Sichuan provincial family planning office said officials were studying the issue.2008 May 26, “Some areas in China to relax one-child policy for quake victims”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2020, Asia Pacific

Proper noun (2)

Qingchuan

  1. Synonym of Chongchon: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
    • That year when he came to Korea, he was already thirty-one years old. Once while carrying out an emergency repair of a bridge, he volunteered to climb barehanded up a seventeen meter high isolated steel beam. He did so and brought down some materials. In addition, he paid no heed to danger during...1989 April 4 [1987 August], Dezhi Yang, “Regulations”, in Leo Kanner Associates, transl., For Peace [Weile Heping], Foreign Technology Division, →OCLC, page 113
    Synonyms:
    Chongchon

Meaning of Jingchuan

Proper noun

Jingchuan

  1. A county of Pingliang, Gansu, China.
    • To the east of the ruins are groups of Sariputra stone reliquaries whose shape and decoration are similar to those found in Jingchuan county, Gansu province.1986, “Heilongjiang Province [黑龙江省]”, in Through the Moon Gate: A Guide to China's Historic Monuments, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 252

Origin of Chingchuan

From Mandarin 青川 (Qīngchuān) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻing¹-chʻuan¹.

From Mandarin 涇川 /泾川 (Jīngchuān) Wade–Giles romanization: Ching¹-chʻuan¹.

From Mandarin 清泉 (Qīngquán) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻing¹-chʻüan².

Questions about Chingchuan

What is Chingchuan the alternative spelling of?
Chingchuan is the alternative spelling of Qingchuan.

Words near Chingchuan in the dictionary

  1. Chingalay
  2. Chingalays
  3. Chingangbam
  4. chingas
  5. Chingay
  6. Chingchuan
  7. chinged
  8. Chingford
  9. Chingford Hatch
  10. Chinggis
  11. Chinggis Khaan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Chingchuan (page history and authors); Qingchuan (page history and authors); Jingchuan (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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