Zhaoqing
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- Chaoching, Chao-ch'ing (Wade–Giles)
- Chaoking (Postal Romanization)
- Shiuhing (Postal Romanization, from Cantonese)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 肇慶/肇庆 (Zhàoqìng).
Pronunciation edit
- enPR: jouʹchǐngʹ
Proper noun edit
Zhaoqing
- A prefecture-level city in Guangdong, China.
- 2016 July 3, Louise Watt, “Police injured as residents protest incinerator in China”, in AP News[1], archived from the original on 31 May 2022:
- Residents said people were concerned the halt was just temporary. “The notice was released by Lubu town government, but the project is led by Zhaoqing city government so the notice issued by the town government is not enough,” said a resident and restaurant worker who would only gave his surname, Yu.
Translations edit
prefecture-level city in Guangdong
Further reading edit
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Zhaoqing”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[2], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3562, column 2