English Explanatory Dictionary

Qiantang

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A river in China, flowing north and east through Zhejiang into Hangzhou Bay.
  2. A former name of Hangzhou, China.

Pronunciation

/t͡ʃiˌænˈtæŋ/ chyĕn′täng′

Word forms

Qiantang Ch‘ien-t‘ang Ch'ien-t'ang

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 錢塘 /钱塘 (Qiántáng), named for the dyke constructed on the river by Qian Liu, ruler of Wuyue, one of the Ten Kingdoms that succeeded the Tang dynasty.

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