Alternative forms

• Ch'eng-te (Wade–Giles)
• Chengte, Chengteh (dated)

Etymology

From the Hanyu PinyinCategory:English terms borrowed from Hanyu Pinyin#CHENGDECategory:English terms derived from Hanyu Pinyin#CHENGDE romanization of the MandarinCategory:English terms borrowed from Mandarin#CHENGDECategory:English terms derived from Mandarin#CHENGDE 承德 (Chéngdé, literally “Upholding or Receiving Virtue”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛŋ.də/, /t͡ʃʌŋ-/, /t͡ʃɑŋ-/, /t͡ʃæŋ-/, /-deɪ/Category:English 2-syllable words#CHENGDECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#CHENGDE, enPR: chŭngʹdŭʹ^[1][2]
• Hyphenation: Cheng‧de

Proper noun

ChengdeCategory:English lemmas#CHENGDECategory:English proper nouns#CHENGDECategory:English uncountable nouns#CHENGDECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CHENGDECategory:Pages with entries#CHENGDECategory:Pages with 1 entry#CHENGDE

1. A prefecture-level city of Hebei, ChinaCategory:en:Prefecture-level cities of Hebei, China#CHENGDECategory:en:Places in Hebei, China#CHENGDECategory:en:Places in China#CHENGDE.
   • [1978 November 9 [1978 November 4], “Hopei CCP Committee Achieves Return of School Premises”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China‎, volume I, number 218, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Shihchiachuang Hopei Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, page K 1:

     The Hopei Provincial CCP Committee has decided to publicize throughout the province a self-examination report prepared by the Chengte Prefectural CCP Committee concerning its mistakes in persecuting Chengte Teachers School cadres and masses, thereby infringing on people's democracy and violating party discipline in the matter of handling the question of school premises.]

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   • 2014 April 9, Austin Ramzy, “Beijing’s Neighbors Resist Transfer of Its Polluting Industries”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 July 2022‎:

     “This first wave of relocated companies are all highly polluting, high energy-consuming type businesses that will be a burden wherever they go, so at present the enthusiasm of Tianjin and Hebei to take them on isn’t high,” a district official from the Hebei city of Chengde told the newspaper.

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2. A county of Chengde, Hebei, ChinaCategory:en:Counties and county-level cities of Hebei, China#CHENGDECategory:en:Places in Hebei, China#CHENGDECategory:en:Places in China#CHENGDE.
   • 2016 December 21, Cao Li, “China’s New Ride-Hailing Rules Focus on Where Drivers Call Home”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 December 2016‎:

     Mr. Luo has a lot at stake. He is married and has an apartment and a mortgage back home in Chengde County in Hebei Province. His living is a good one for someone with a rural hukou. He is still making monthly payments equal to about $290 on his car and paying the same amount on his mortgage.

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References

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Chengde”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 750, column 2