Chengdu

Chéngdū chéngdǔ chéngdù chéngdu English Alternative forms en Chingtu Chentu Chingtoo Cingtu Tchingtou obsolete en Ch'eng-tu Ch'êng-tu Chengtu Wade-Giles Etymology From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn ^成都, supposedly bestowed upon it during its first founding by the ninth king of the Shu Kingdom's Kaiming dynasty when he removed his court there from nearby Pi County. Pronunciation en /t͡ʃɛŋ.du/ /t͡ʃʌŋ-/ /t͡ʃɑŋ-/ /t͡ʃæŋ-/, chǔngʹdo͞oʹen 1952 Chengtu or Ch’eng-tu Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 383 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/383/ 1en 1979 Ch’eng-tu or Cheng·tu The International Geographic Encyclopedia and Atlas https://archive.org/details/internationalgeo00houg/ Boston Houghton Mifflin Company 0-395-27170-3 79-2721 5171913 150 https://archive.org/details/internationalgeo00houg/page/150/ 2 en Cheng du en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-Chengdu.wav US Proper noun en Q30002en sub-provincial city/provincial capital p/Sichuan in southwestern c/China. en July 24, 2020 w:Keith Bradsher; Steven Lee Myers China Orders U.S. to Shut Consulate in Chengdu, Retaliating for Houston w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20260202130742/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/24/world/asia/china-us-consulate-chengdu.html 2 February 2026 0362-4331 1645522 Asia Pacific As the United States lashed out against the “new tyranny” of China, Beijing on Friday ordered the closure of the American consulate in Chengdu, a retaliatory move that threatens to drive the two powers into an even deeper divide.Beijing blamed the Trump administration for the deterioration in relations, calling its own action justified after Washington told China this week to shutter its consulate in Houston and accused its diplomats of acting illegally. A Chinese official, in turn, denounced American diplomats in Chengdu, a southwestern city, for interfering in China’s affairs. en 09/02/2022 Millions locked down in China's Chengdu over Covid outbreak w:France 24 https://web.archive.org/web/20220902111331/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220902-millions-locked-down-in-china-s-chengdu-over-covid-outbreak Beijing (AFP) https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220902-millions-locked-down-in-china-s-chengdu-over-covid-outbreak 09/02/2022 Live News Millions were stuck at home in China's Chengdu on Friday after a handful of Covid-19 cases brought the megacity to a standstill. Translations capital of Sichuan province, China Arabic: ar شِينْغْدُو m šinḡdū, ar تْشِينْغْدُو m tšingdū Chinese: Cantonese: yue 成都 sing4 dou1 Mandarin: cmn 成都 Chéngdū French: fr Chengdu f Greek: el Τσενγκτού f Hindi: hi चेंगदू f Hungarian: hu Csengtu Japanese: ja 成都 せいと, Seito Kazakh: kk Чыңду Khmer: km ចេងទូ cəŋtuu Korean: ko ^청두, ko 성도(成都) Seongdo Macedonian: mk Ченгду n Manchu: mnc ᠴᡝᠩ ᡩ᠋ᡠ᠋, mnc ᠴᡝᠩᡩᡠ Marathi: mr चेंग्डू n Nuosu: ii ꍰꄖ Polish: pl Chengdu n Portuguese: pt Chengdu f Russian: ru Чэнду́ m Tibetan: bo ཁྲེན་ཏུ Uyghur: ug چېڭدۇ Vietnamese: vi Thành Đô Zhuang: za Cwngzduh References Further reading en 2008 Chengdu Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/ 2nd 1 New York Columbia University Press 978-0-231-14554-1 2008009181 212893637 750 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/page/750/ 2 Anagrams en cdeghnu gunched Portuguese Proper noun f pt Chengdu Q30002