Chang Jiang

See also: Cháng Jiāng

English

Alternative forms

• Ch'ang Chiang (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 長江／长江 (Cháng Jiāng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃæŋ ˈdʒ(j)ɒŋ/, /-d͡ʒi.æŋ/

Proper noun

Chang Jiang

1. Synonym of Yangtze
   • [1980 December, Bolin Huo, “Shanghai Helps Backward Small Industries”, in China Reconstructs‎^[1], volume XXIX, number 12, Beijing: China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 34, column 1:

     ONE of the problems in China’s economy today is: In the past decade many places built industries to utilize local raw materials or supply local markets with goods. But often these plants were technically backward, and the goods they produced were of poor quality, or even unsalable. This was once true of the Xianning district, consisting of seven counties south of the Changjiang (Yangtze) River in Hubei province.]

Synonyms

• Chang River

Translations

Yangtze — see Yangtze

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Chang Jiang or Yangzi River”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[2], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 725, column 1