Jingdezhen

English

Alternative forms

• Ching-te-chen (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 景德鎮／景德镇 (Jǐngdézhèn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪŋ.də.d͡ʒən/

Proper noun

Jingdezhen

1. A prefecture-level city in Jiangxi, China, known for porcelain.
   • 2017 January 31, Edward Wong, “Ancient Porcelain Arts Thrive Again in a Chinese River Town”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 February 2017, Asia Pacific‎^[2]:

     Now that tradition is being revived at the roots. Young people are moving to study in Jingdezhen, a river town in the southern Chinese province of Jiangxi.

Translations

prefecutre-level city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 景德鎮／景德镇 (zh) (Jǐngdézhèn)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Jingdezhen, Ching-te-chen, Chingtechen at Google Ngram Viewer
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Jingdezhen”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[3], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1450, column 2