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Ruoqiang
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English
Ruoqiang County
Alternative forms
en Jochiang Jo-chiang Jo-ch'iang Wade-Giles
Etymology
From the en cmn-pinyin -en 1972 Shabad Theodore Index China's Changing Map https://archive.org/details/chinaschangingma0000unse/ New York Frederick A. Praeger 71-178868 482667885 345, 353 https://archive.org/details/chinaschangingma0000unse/page/353/ Chinese place names are listed in three common spelling styles:(1) the Post Office system,(2) the Wade-Giles system,shown after the main entry(3) the Chinese Communists' own Pinyin romanization system, which also appears in parenthesesJochiang (Jo-ch'iang, Ruoqiang) romanization of the en cmn 若羌.
Pronunciation
en /ˌɹwoʊˈt͡ʃjɑŋ/
rwô′chyäng′
en Ruo qiang
Proper noun
en county autonomous prefecture/Bayingolin autonomous region/Xinjiang c/China.
en 5/24/22 John Feng Satellite Images Hint at China's Taiwan Invasion Plans https://web.archive.org/web/20220525164616/https://www.newsweek.com/china-pla-missile-range-taiwan-invasion-japan-us-1709588 25 May 2022 w:Newsweek World The satellite photo captured on May 13 in Xinjiang's Ruoqiang county shows the dummy target with twin engines and a large, disc-shaped radar on its fuselage parked on a runway. It appears to be surrounded by a number of smaller fighter aircraft.
en town county/Ruoqiang autonomous prefecture/Bayingolin autonomous region/Xinjiang c/China.
Synonyms
from Uyghur en Qakilik, en Charkhlik, en Charklik
en Erh-ch'iang
Translations
county in western China
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 若羌
Mandarin: cmn 若羌 Ruòqiāng
Japanese: ja
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Чакилик
Mongolian script: mn ᠴᠠᠬᠠᠯᠢᠬ
Uyghur: ug چاقىلىق
Cyrillic: ug Чакилик
Latin: ug Chakilik
References
Further reading
Ruoqiang, Jochiang
en 1998 Ruoqiang Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/ 3 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 2670 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/page/2670/ 3 The name sometimes spelled as Qarkilik or Charkhlik.