Cheng-chou

See also: chéngchóu

English

Map including CHENG-CHOU (DMA, 1975)

Etymology

From Mandarin 鄭州／郑州 (Zhèngzhōu), Wade–Giles romanization: Chêng⁴-chou¹.

Pronunciation

• enPR: jǔngʹjōʹ

Proper noun

Cheng-chou

1. Alternative form of Zhengzhou
   • 1973, Roderick Stewart, Bethune‎^[2], General Publishing Co. Ltd., published 1975, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 121:

     The train filled with merchants and students left Hankow on February 22 and arrived in Cheng-chou that night.

   • 1980, Helmut Brinker, Eberhard Fischer, Treasures from the Rietberg Museum‎^[3], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 132:

     Perhaps the most important monument of Chinese Buddhist sculpture in the Rietberg collection, this stele was acquired by Baron von der Heydt before 1924, after having been in the possession of C.T. Loo, Paris. It is most likely the work of a metropolitan sculptor's atelier located in the vicinity of present Cheng-chou in Honan Province.

   • 1980, Donn Bayard, “East Asia in the Bronze Age”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Archaeology‎^[4], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 168, column 1:

     The Shang civilization itself arose in a relatively small area of western Honan province. At Erh-li-t’ou and Cheng-chou excavations have documented the transition from the Lung-shan to the earliest stage of the Shang.

   • 2011, Ralph D. Sawyer, Ancient Chinese Warfare‎^[5], Basic Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 32:

     Being located about four kilometers from the Yellow River and twenty-three kilometers northwest of Cheng-chou, the early walled site at Hsi-shan lies in the core cultural area.

Translations

Zhengzhou — see Zhengzhou

Further reading

• “Cheng-chou”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Cheng-chou”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Cheng-chou” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.