Chungking

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Dated form of Chongqing.

Pronunciation

cho͝ongʹkǐngʹ

Word forms

Chungking

Etymology

From the Postal Romanization of the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 重慶 /重庆 (Chóngqìng), from before the modern palatalization of [kʰ] to [t͡ɕʰ].

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