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Chingtao

Chingtao 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 Chingtao

From Wade–Giles.

Questions about Chingtao

What is Chingtao the alternative form of?
Chingtao is the alternative form of Qingdao.

Words near Chingtao in the dictionary

  1. Chingpaw
  2. chingri
  3. chings
  4. Chingshubam
  5. Chingshui
  6. Chingtao
  7. Chingtham
  8. Chingthangkhomba
  9. Chingtunghsia
  10. chinguard
  11. chinguards

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Chingtao (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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