Chongqing
Syllables: Chong·qing/t͡ʃɒŋˈt͡ʃɪŋ/US/t͡ʃɑŋˈt͡ʃɪŋ/
Chongqing proper noun: a direct-administered municipality and city in western China.
Proper noun
Chongqing
- A direct-administered municipality and city in western China.
- Nanking attempted to maintain a nominal sovereignty by appointing Liu Xiang commissioner for the suppression of banditry (that is, communism) in 1933, but the province really eluded its control, and continued to do so until 1938, when the central government was driven back to Chongqing.1977, Jean Chesneaux, Françoise Le Barbier, Marie-Claire Bergère, “China Under the Guomindang from 1927 to 1934”, in Paul Auster, Lydia Davis, transl., China from the 1911 Revolution to Liberation...
- The latest proposed relocation would affect residents along hundreds of miles of twisting lakeshore from Jiangjin, in the Chongqing municipality, to the dam’s location at Yichang, in Hubei Province.2012 April 18, Michael Wines, “Landslide Risk At Reservoir Cited in China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2012, Asia Pacific
Chongqing meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Chongqing in Hindi
- a municipality in western China
- चोंगकिंग coṅgkiṅg
Chongqing in Tamil
- a municipality in western China
- சோங்சிங் cōṅciṅ
Chongqing in Marathi
- a municipality in western China
- चाँगक्विंग cŏṅgakviṅga
Chongqing in Urdu
- a municipality in western China
- چھون٘گ چِھن٘گ choṅg chiṅg
More languagesFewer languages
- Chongqing in Arabic
- تْشُونْغْتْشِينْغ tšunḡtšīnḡ
- Chongqing in Indonesian
- Chongqing
- Chongqing in Thai
- ฉงชิ่ง chàngchîng
- Chongqing in Vietnamese
- Trùng Khánh
Examples of Chongqing in a sentence
- Her young parents, who worked in a pottery factory in Rongchang in present-day Chongqing municipality, conceived her while unmarried.2014 January 20, Didi Kirsten Tatlow, “‘She. Herself. Naked.': The Art of He Chengyao”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from...
- For nearly four years, he worked in one of the three cavernous Ford Motor assembly plants in Chongqing, a sprawling metropolis in southwestern China with almost 20 million people.2019 April 11, Keith Bradsher, “For Chinese Raised in Prosperity, Shrugs in the Face of Layoffs”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC...
- A canteen in China's southwest municipality of Chongqing collapsed on Friday following an explosion suspected to be caused by a gas leak, leaving many trapped, according to reports from state media.2022 January 7, Gabriel Crossley, “Multiple people trapped after explosion in China's Chongqing - state media”, in Michael Perry, editor...
Forms of Chongqing
| alternative also | Chong-qing |
|---|---|
| alternative also | Chong Qing |
| alternative form | Chungking |
| alternative form | Chungching |
| alternative form | Ch'ung-ch'ing |
Origin of Chongqing
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 重慶 /重庆 (Chóngqìng).
Words formed from Chongqing
- Chongqing chicken
- Chongqing dog
- Chongqing hot pot
Phrases with Chongqing
Words that rhyme with Chongqing
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- sling
- bring
- jing
- ding
- cling
- unstring
- ming
- bing
- ching
- fingerling
- something
- zing
- Byng
- Beijing
- bling
- cha-ching
- ling
- Peking
- peng ting
- Singh
- thring
- Tring
- upswing
- abstinence ring
- aswing
- awing
- badelynge
- bering
- conserving
- ging
- hang gliding
- hing
- ing
- Jingning
- Jining
- ka-ching
- kerching
- Kunming
- mis-sing
- morphling
- pling
- png
- qing
- Southern Ming
- submitting
- tang ping
- ting
- tinkering
Questions about Chongqing
- What does Chongqing mean?
- Chongqing means a direct-administered municipality and city in western China.
- What is Chongqing in Hindi?
- Chongqing in Hindi is चोंगकिंग (coṅgkiṅg). See Chongqing meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use Chongqing in a sentence?
- Her young parents, who worked in a pottery factory in Rongchang in present-day Chongqing municipality, conceived her while unmarried.
- What part of speech is Chongqing?
- Chongqing is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Chongqing?
- Chongqing is pronounced /t͡ʃɒŋˈt͡ʃɪŋ/ (UK).
Words near Chongqing in the dictionary
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