Chengdu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 成都 (Chéngdū), 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.

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.

2020 July 24, Keith Bradsher, Steven Lee Myers, “China Orders U.S. to Shut Consulate in Chengdu, Retaliating for Houston”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-07-24, Asia Pacific:

A subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Sichuan, in southwestern China.


Chengdu

Chengdu (a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Sichuan, in southwestern China)


峨眉山

/ˀɤ³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/

/ŋɔː²¹ mei̯²¹ saːn⁵⁵/

/ˀɤ³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/

/ŋɔː²¹ mei̯²¹ saːn⁵⁵/

峨眉 derives from the word 蛾眉 (éméi, “the feathery feelers of a moth”), so named because the peaks of Mount Emei do in fact resemble the feelers of a moth (see pictures). The “insect” radical (虫) on the left side of the first character 蛾 (é) was later replaced with the “mountain” radical (山 (shān)). Thus, 蛾 (é) eventually became 峨 (é), so as to denote the mountain. The “mountain” radical can be optionally added to the second character 眉 (méi). Both 峨嵋 (Éméi) and 峨眉 have been used through the centuries. 山 (shān) simply means “mountain”.

zh-l

(～市) Emeishan (a county-level city in Sichuan, China)


Xuzhou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 敘州／叙州 (Xùzhōu), from a former prefecture administered from the city.

zh-m

敘州／叙州 (Xùzhōu)

(historical) A former name of Yibin, a prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China, at the confluence of the Min and Yangtze rivers.


成都

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (成都):
* → Japanese: 成(せい)都(と) (Seito)
* → Korean: 성도(成都) (Seongdo)
* → Vietnamese: Thành Đô (成都)

→ English: Chengdu, Chengtu, Ch'eng-tu

→ French: Chengdu, Tcheng-tou

ja-r

チョントゥー (Chontū)

→ Japanese: チョントゥー (Chontū), チェンドゥ (Chendu)

→ Korean: 청두 (Cheongdu)

→ Manchu: ᠴᡝᠩ
ᡩᡠ (ceng du)

→ Portuguese: Chengdu

→ Russian: Чэнду́ (Čɛndú)

→ Zhuang: Cwngzduh

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ tu⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰən²¹ tu⁵⁵/

/sɪŋ²¹ tou̯⁵⁵/

/siŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾nu⁵⁵/

/siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tɔ⁴⁴/

/siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tɔ³³/

/siɪŋ¹³⁻²² tɔ⁴⁴/

/siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔ⁴⁴/

/siɪŋ²³⁻³³ tɔ⁴⁴/

/seŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tou³³/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ tu⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰən²¹ tu⁵⁵/

/sɪŋ²¹ tou̯⁵⁵/

/siŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾nu⁵⁵/

/siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tɔ⁴⁴/

/siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tɔ³³/

/siɪŋ¹³⁻²² tɔ⁴⁴/

/siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔ⁴⁴/

/siɪŋ²³⁻³³ tɔ⁴⁴/

/seŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tou³³/

May be the transcription of a native non-Chinese word. Attested on excavated artefacts dating to the late Warring States Period, as well as in the Records of the Grand Historian.
Compare 邛都, 新都 (Xīndū), 廣都／广都, 筰都, 武都 (Wǔdū), all of which are toponyms in present-day southwest China with 都 (OC *taː) as the second syllable. In particular, according to the Records of the Grand Historian, 邛都 (OC *ɡoŋ taː) and 筰都 (OC *zaːɡ taː) were originally names of tribes that were "Southwestern Barbarians" (西南夷 (Xīnányí)).

zh-l

西南夷 (Xīnányí)

(～市) Chengdu (a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Sichuan, China)


成都

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 成都 (Chéngdū).


隆昌

/lʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵/

/lʊŋ²¹ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/

/lʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵/

/lʊŋ²¹ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/

(～市, formerly ～縣) Longchang (a county-level city under the city of Neijiang, Sichuan, China)


こうてい

ja-noun

こうてい • (kōtei)

康定: Kangding (a city in Sichuan, China), an era of the Song dynasty


綿陽

/mi̯ɛn³⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/

/mi̯ɛn³⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/

(～市) Mianyang (a city in Sichuan, China)


南充

/nän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/naːm²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/nam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰoŋ³³/

/nän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/naːm²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/nam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰoŋ³³/

(～市) Nanchong (a prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China)


宜賓

→ English: I-pin, Yibin, Yipin

/jiː²¹ pɐn⁵⁵/

/jiː²¹ pɐn⁵⁵/


内江

Neijiang (a prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China)


內江

/neɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/nɔːi̯²² kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/neɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/nɔːi̯²² kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

(～市) Neijiang (a prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China)


巴中

→ English: Bazhong, Pa-chung

/pä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/

/paː⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

/pä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/

/paː⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

(～市) Bazhong (a prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China)


自貢

→ English: Zigong

/t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʊŋ⁵¹/

/t͡siː²² kʊŋ³³/

/t͡sy²⁴²⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ouŋ²¹³/

/t͡su²²⁻²¹ kɔŋ²¹/

/t͡su⁴¹⁻²² kɔŋ⁴¹/

/t͡su²²⁻²¹ kɔŋ²¹/

/t͡su³³⁻¹¹ kɔŋ¹¹/

/t͡su³³⁻²¹ kɔŋ²¹/

/t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʊŋ⁵¹/

/t͡siː²² kʊŋ³³/

/t͡sy²⁴²⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ouŋ²¹³/

/t͡su²²⁻²¹ kɔŋ²¹/

/t͡su⁴¹⁻²² kɔŋ⁴¹/

/t͡su²²⁻²¹ kɔŋ²¹/

/t͡su³³⁻¹¹ kɔŋ¹¹/

/t͡su³³⁻²¹ kɔŋ²¹/

(～市) Zigong (a prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China)


Nanchong

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 南充 (Nánchōng).

Her mother had recently had minor surgery, so Qin decided it was a good time to leave the golf company and move back to her hometown of Nanchong, a city in Sichuan province some 200 km (125 miles) east of Chengdu.

2017 October 17, John Ruwitch, Anita Li, “Cash and coffee: a young woman's path in a changing China”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-05-07, Regulatory News:

A prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China.

南充

a prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China


Csengtu

Csengtu (nominative singular)
Csengtut (accusative singular)
Csengtunak (dative singular)
Csengtuval (instrumental singular)
Csengtuért (causal-final singular)
Csengtuvá (singular translative)
Csengtuig (singular terminative)
Csengtuként (essive-formal singular)
Csengtuban (inessive singular)
Csengtun (singular superessive)
Csengtunál (adessive singular)
Csengtuba (illative singular)
Csengtura (singular sublative)
Csengtuhoz (allative singular)
Csengtuból (elative singular)
Csengturól (delative singular)
Csengtutól (ablative singular)
Csengtué (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
Csengtuéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
Csengtum (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
Csengtud (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
Csengtuja (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
Csengtunk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
Csengtutok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
Csengtujuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)


西昌

/ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵/

/sɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/

/ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵/

/sɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/

(～市) Xichang (a county-level city in Liangshan prefecture, Sichuan, China)


Xichang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Chinese 西昌 (Xīchāng, “Western Prosperity”).

uder

Chao-erh-feng planned some fundamental measures to control the Lolo, including the construction of a through road between Lei-po and Hsi-ch'ang. Up to the present this has not been accomplished, however. The Hsi-ch'ang sector was finished as far as Chao-chio city and beyond to Yeh-lu-na-ta.

[1954, Herold J. Wiens, Han Chinese Expansion in South China, Shoe String Press, published 1967, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 290:

After a five-day rest at Huili, the Red Army continued its drive northward. Passing through the Yi nationality area of Tehchang, Hsichang the vanguard troops led by Liu Po-cheng made an alliance with the chieftains of the Kuchi tribe, and managed to neutralize the Laowu tribe.

[1978 February, “The Long March (II)”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XVII, number 2, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 39, column 2:

A city of flowers and pagodas, Xichang is the capital of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Region, which contains 3.3 million people, 1.37 million of them Yi.

1987 December 20, Ross Terrill, “A World Away From Beijing”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2009-04-22, Travel:

A top official in the city of Xichang in Sichuan province was quoted as saying by the Xinhua News Agency that the area had gone 20 consecutive days without rain, with temperatures of 88 Fahrenheit on Monday and winds blowing at 65 feet per second.

2020 April 1, “World Digest: April 1, 2020”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-04-04, National:

A county-level city in Liangshan prefecture, Sichuan, China.


閬中

/lɑŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/

/lɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/

/lɑŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/

/lɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/

(～市) Langzhong (a county-level city in Nanchong, Sichuan, China)


眉山

/meɪ̯³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/

/mi⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾laŋ⁵⁵/

/bi²⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/

/bi²⁴⁻²² san³³/

/bi¹³⁻²² san⁴⁴/

/bi²⁴⁻¹¹ san⁴⁴/

/bi²³⁻³³ san⁴⁴/

/meɪ̯³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/

/mi⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾laŋ⁵⁵/

/bi²⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/

/bi²⁴⁻²² san³³/

/bi¹³⁻²² san⁴⁴/

/bi²⁴⁻¹¹ san⁴⁴/

/bi²³⁻³³ san⁴⁴/

(～市) Meishan (a prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China)


瀘州

/lu³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/lou̯²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

/lu³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/lou̯²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

(～市) Luzhou (a prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China)


廣安

→ English: Guang'an

/ku̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵⁵/

/kʷɔːŋ³⁵ ɔːn⁵⁵/

/ku̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵⁵/

/kʷɔːŋ³⁵ ɔːn⁵⁵/

(～市) Guang'an (a prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China)


遂寧

/su̯eɪ̯⁵¹ niŋ³⁵/

/sɵy̯²² nɪŋ²¹/

/su̯eɪ̯⁵¹ niŋ³⁵/

/sɵy̯²² nɪŋ²¹/

(～市) Suining (a prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China)


雅安

→ English: Ya'an, Ya-an

/jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵⁵/

/ŋaː¹³ ɔːn⁵⁵/

/jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵⁵/

/ŋaː¹³ ɔːn⁵⁵/

(～市) Ya'an (a prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China)


德陽

/tɤ³⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/

/tɐk̚⁵ jœːŋ²¹/

/tɤ³⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/

/tɐk̚⁵ jœːŋ²¹/

(～市) Deyang (a prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China)


廣元

/ku̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛn³⁵/

/kʷɔːŋ³⁵ jyːn²¹/

/ku̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛn³⁵/

/kʷɔːŋ³⁵ jyːn²¹/

(～市) Guangyuan (a prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China)


樂山

/lɤ⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵/

/lɔːk̚² saːn⁵⁵/

/lɤ⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵/

/lɔːk̚² saːn⁵⁵/

(～市) Leshan (a prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China)


資陽

→ English: Tzu-yang, Tzŭ-yang, Ziyang

/t͡sz̩⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/

/t͡siː⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹/

/t͡sz̩⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/

/t͡siː⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹/

(～市) Ziyang (a prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China)


攀枝花

/pʰän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/

/pʰän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xu̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/

/pʰaːn⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/

/pʰän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/

/pʰän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xu̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/

/pʰaːn⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/

(～市) Panzhihua (a prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China)


達州

/tä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/taːt̚² t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

/tä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/taːt̚² t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

(～市) Dazhou (a prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China)


都江堰

/tu⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ jɛn⁵¹/

/tou̯⁵⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵ jiːn³⁵/

/tu⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ jɛn⁵¹/

/tou̯⁵⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵ jiːn³⁵/

(～市) Dujiangyan City (a county-level city in Chengdu, Sichuan, southwestern China)


康定

/kʰɑŋ⁵⁵ tiŋ⁵¹/

/hɔːŋ⁵⁵ tɪŋ²²/

/kʰɑŋ⁵⁵ tiŋ⁵¹/

/hɔːŋ⁵⁵ tɪŋ²²/

(～市) Kangding (a county-level city in Garzê prefecture, Sichuan, China)


ཁྲེན་ཏུ

/ʈ͡ʂʰẽ˥˥.tu˥˥/

Chengdu (a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Sichuan, in southwestern China)


崇州

/ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/sʊŋ²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/sʊŋ²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

(～市) Chongzhou (a city in Sichuan, China)


彭州

/pʰɤŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/pʰaːŋ²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

/pʰẽ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡siu³³/

/pʰɤŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/pʰaːŋ²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

/pʰẽ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡siu³³/

(～市) Pengzhou (a county-level city in Chengdu, Sichuan, China)


邛崍

/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/

/kʰʊŋ²¹ lɔːi̯²¹/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/

/kʰʊŋ²¹ lɔːi̯²¹/

(～市) Qionglai (a city in Sichuan, China)


江油

/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/

/kɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/

/kɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹/

(～市) Jiangyou (a city in Sichuan, China)


簡陽

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑŋ³⁵/

/kaːn³⁵ jœːŋ²¹/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑŋ³⁵/

/kaːn³⁵ jœːŋ²¹/

(～市) Jianyang (a county-level city in Chengdu, Sichuan, China)


綿竹

/mi̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/

/mi̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/


萬源

/wän⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/

/wän⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/

(～市) Wanyuan (a county-level city in Dazhou, Sichuan, China)


華鎣

/xu̯ä³⁵ iŋ³⁵/

/waː²¹ jɪŋ²¹/

/xu̯ä³⁵ iŋ³⁵/

/waː²¹ jɪŋ²¹/

(～市) Huaying (a county-level city in Guang'an, Sichuan, China)


廣漢

/ku̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xän⁵¹/

/kʷɔːŋ³⁵ hɔːn³³/

/ku̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xän⁵¹/

/kʷɔːŋ³⁵ hɔːn³³/

(～市) Guanghan (a city in Sichuan, China)


Yibin

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 宜賓／宜宾 (Yíbīn).

About six that evening, they motored beneath the Jiang’an Changliang Bridge and into the city of Yibin, known from ancient times as the source of the Yangtze. And so said Yong just as the Great River split into the Jin Sha River to the right and Min River to the left.

2007, Dan Armstrong, chapter 12, in Taming the Dragon (Fiction), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 82:

Officials in Yibin, a city of 4.5 million, announced last week that they would name their new airport after the blindingly strong Wuliangye.

2012 May 30, Didi Kirsten Tatlow, “Do You Know the Way to Wuliangye?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2012-05-31, Letter from China:

After returning from Wuhan, the pair visited supermarkets and other public places in the western city of Yibin in Sichuan province for more than a week before showing symptoms, the People’s Court of Cuping District in Yibin said Saturday on its social media account.

2020 September 5, “China jails 2 for hiding trip to city at center of outbreak”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-12-06, Asia & Pacific:

A prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China.


Ya'an

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 雅安 (Yǎ'ān).

Ya'an is a refreshing mixture of Han Chinese tradition and modern Chinese peasant culture, with a dash of Tibetan influence.[...]Near Ya'an a monument once marked the traditional border between China and Tibet. This was an important trading post where Tibetans would exchange furs for guns and bricks of Chinese tea and today it still has the feel of a border town.
The weather in Ya'an is relatively mild, but be prepared for an occasional snowstorm during the winter.

1988, K. Mark Stevens, George E. Wehrfritz, edited by Paddy Booz, Southwest China: Off the Beaten Track, Passport Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 230:

The west gate tower from the tomb of Gao Yi in Ya’an county, Sichuan, is one of the most famous and best preserved.

2002, Xinian Fu, edited by Nancy S. Steinhardt, Chinese Architecture, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 55:

The Chinese government said early Sunday that the known death toll was 174, with most of the victims in Ya’an. The ministry also said that about 5,700 people had been injured.

2013 April 20, Jane Perlez, “Surviving China’s Latest Earthquake, but Afraid to Go Home”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2013-04-22, Asia Pacific:

The quake struck Lushan county, near the city of Yaan, at 5:00 p.m. (0900 GMT) and was at a depth of 17 kilometers, the state television quoted China Earthquake Networks Center as saying.
The epicenter is 113 kilometres from Sichuan's capital Chengdu.[…]
In 2013, Yaan was hit by strong earthquake, killing more than 100 people and injuring thousands.

2022 June 1, “Strong earthquake hits China's Sichuan province”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-06-02, China:


Panzhihua

/ˌpɑːnd͡ʒɪˈhwɑː/

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 攀枝花 (Pānzhīhuā).

An earthquake on Saturday about 20 miles southeast of Panzhihua city, near Sichuan province’s border with Yunnan, killed 27 people, damaged or destroyed more than 180,000 homes and affected at least 800,000 residents, state media said on Sunday.

2008 August 31, Edmund Klamann, “China steelmaker Panzhihua checking quake damage”, in Jonathan Hopfner, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-05-05, Editor's Picks:


Suining

These dear Friends entertained and instructed us by an account of their educational and medical work among the Chinese at Suining Sze-chwan, where it was the good fortune of the writer to spend several days two years ago, when visiting the Missions of English Friends in that distant land.

1917 June 28, “POCONO NOTES”, in The Friend, volume 90, number 53, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 630:

Chen’s lawyer, Zheng Jianwei, said the court in Suining, a city in Sichuan province, found Chen guilty of the charge of “inciting subversion of state power” by writing essays critical of the government.

2011 December 23, Sui-Lee Wee, Chris Buckley, “China dissident jailed for 9 years for "subversive" essays”, in Ron Popeski, Ed Lane, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-08-19, World News:

On Friday, another writer, Chen Wei, was sentenced by a court in Suining, Sichuan Province, to nine years in prison on the same charge.

2011 December 26, Edward Wong, “China Jails Writer for Subversion”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2011-12-26, ASIA PACIFIC:


Bazhong

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 巴中 (Bāzhōng).

China’s agriculture ministry said on Wednesday two new African swine fever outbreaks were confirmed in Sichuan and Qinghai provinces.
The new case in the city of Bazhong in Sichuan killed 19 of 117 pigs present on a farm, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said in a statement on its website.

2018 December 12, “China reports new African swine fever outbreaks in Sichuan, Qinghai provinces”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2018-12-12, Health News:


Leshan

zh-l

樂山／乐山 (Lèshān)

Actually we would spend the first year or so in the smaller town of Leshan, a hundred miles south of Chengtu, learning the Szechuan dialect and the culture of the local people.

2001, Richard Webster, Seize the Baton, Pasadena, CA: William Carey Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 15:

The outbreak, found in Leshan, Sichuan province, on a truck transporting 111 pigs from other provinces, has killed 7 of the herd, according to a statement published on the website of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

2020 March 12, “China finds new African swine fever case in pigs transported to Sichuan province”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-05-15, Health:


Zigong

/ˌ(d)zɪˈɡɒŋ/

/ˌ(d)zɪˈɡʊŋ/

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 自貢／自贡 (Zìgòng).

Peking Radio broadcast about one particular department in the Szechwan city of Tzu-kung illustrated how easily the bureaucrats could influence the soldiers:
There was a close connection between the department and the . . . Tzukung Municipal CCP Committee. Work was carried out by the department under the leadership of the municipal CCP committee.

[1971, Thomas Jay Matthews, “The Cultural Revolution in Szechwan”, in The Cultural Revolution in the Provinces, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 129:

In Tzukung, Szechuan province, extremely thin and soft strips that are almost transparent are cut from love bamboo and used to weave objects with “hidden designs” like those of figured silk. The warp and weft strips must cross at least a thousand times.

[1978 August, Chia-shu Wang, “The Artcraft of Weaving”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXVII, number 8, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 38, column 3:

More than 800 lanterns handmade in Zigong in China’s Sichuan province will be presented to Auckland, honoring a centuries-long tradition dating from the Han dynasty (206 B.C.-221 A.D.) to usher in the new year with light.

2015 February 20, Suri Charu, “A Festival to Celebrate New Zealand-China Ties”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-10, In Transit:

At least 16 people died in a fire at a shopping mall in southern China, state media reported on Wednesday.
The incident occurred at a shopping complex in Zigong, a city in western Sichuan province.

2024 July 17, “China: At least 16 killed in shopping mall fire”, in Deutsche Welle, sourced from zc/rm (AFP, Reuters), archived from the original on 2024-07-18, Catastrophe/China:


Meishan

SU SHIH (Chinese, 1036-1101), better known as Su Tung-p'o, an almost universal genius and a great favorite with the Chinese literary public, was a native of Meishan, Szechuan Province.

1946, Joseph T. Shipley, editor, Encyclopedia of Literature, volume 2, Ferris Printing Company, →OCLC, page 1171:

About ten kilometers east of today’s district town, we find a ridge of hills that forms a natural borderline with neighboring Meishan 眉山 County, once home to the famous Song dynasty poet Su Dongpo 蘇東坡 (1037-1101).

2005, Volker Olles, Scriptures, Schools, and Forms of Practice in Daoism, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, →OL, page 237:

Police in Meishan City in the southwestern province of Sichuan said the suspects set up hundreds of shell companies and 28 fake industrial chains and lured investors with promises of high returns, it added.

2018 July 25, Se Young Lee, “Chinese police break up $1.5-billion pyramid scheme, snare 82 suspects”, in Clarence Fernandez, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-05-09, Emerging Markets:


Guang'an

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 廣安／广安 (Guǎng'ān).

A native of Kuangan, Szechwan, Yang Sen was born into a scholarly family of landowners.

[1971, “Yang Sen [楊森]”, in Biographical Dictionary of Republican China, volume IV, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 7, column 2:

TENG HSIAO-PING was born in Hsieh-hsing village, Kuang-an county, some 100 km. from Chungking, Szechwan province in 1904.

[1978, Chi Hsin (research group), Teng Hsiao-ping: A Political Biography, Hong Kong: Cosmos Books, →OCLC, page 3:

They lived in Paifang, a village a few miles from Guang'an, a county town - seat of an imperial magistrate - in the eastern part of the province.

1993, Richard Evans, “Farmer's Son, 1904-20”, in Deng Xiaoping and the Making of Modern China, Viking Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 1:

At the time, a report from Xinhua, the official press agency, confirmed that a dispute over medical fees had arisen at the hospital in Guangan city in Sichuan Province.[…]
The authorities in Guangan said that the boy had died of poisoning after drinking pesticide and not because of a lack of treatment.

[2007 August 13, “China sentences 11 who protested boy's death at hospital”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-16, Asia Pacific:

Guangan city, also in Sichuan, faced the most severe floods since 1847, the official Xinhua agency said.

[2010 July 20, “China floods claim more lives”, in Emma Graham-Harrison, Alex Richardson, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-05-29, World News:


Dazhou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 達州／达州 (Dázhōu).

達州／达州 (Dázhōu)

In the direction of Shaanxi, a high-grade road will be built between Sichuan's Dazhou City and Wanyuan City (close to Shaanxi).

2001, 邓天梅 [Deng Tianmei], 四川 [Sìchuān, Sichuan] (中国西部开发丛书 [Introduction to West China Series]), Beijing: China Intercontinental Press (五洲传播出版社), →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 132:

Dazhou, Sichuan, has for years been showing the stress of popular anger against its mining industries, prostitu- tion rings, drug problems and a poorly managed outbreak of avian flu.

2010, Pamela Kyle Crossley, The Wobbling Pivot, China Since 1800: An Interpretive History, Wiley-Blackwell, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 4:

A passenger bus collided with a truck and plunged into a riverbed in southwest China, killing 16 people including 11 students, authorities said.
The accident happened on Sunday afternoon in a village in Dazhou city in Sichuan province.

2013 September 15, “China road accident kills 16 including 11 students”, in AP News, archived from the original on 2022-06-09:

Dazhou, a city in southwestern Sichuan Province, received close to 100 filings for divorce in less than three weeks, an official who handled divorce filings said in a video interview, adding that there was a large backlog of cases.

2020 March 27, Dan Bilefsky, Ceylan Yeginsu, “Of ‘Covidivorces’ and ‘Coronababies’: Life During a Lockdown”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-03-27, Protests in China:


Neijiang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 內江／内江 (Nèijiāng).

Duan Fang took with him a contingent of the new army of Hubei, but they had established connections with members of the Revolutionary League at Wanxian and Neijiang, staged an uprising at Zizhou and killed Duan Fang. Following this, members of the Revolutionary League staged an uprising at Neijiang and other counties. By this time a part of the new army of Sichuan had also launched an uprising in the vicinity of Chengdu and had begun to march to Chongqing.

1981, Yuzhang Wu, Recollections of the Revolution of 1911: A Great Democratic Revolution of China, Honolulu: University Press of the Pacific, published 2001, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 25–26:

As of Saturday, 58 people were suspected to have the disease in the neighboring cities of Ziyang and Neijiang, the Sichuan health department said in a statement.

2005 July 26, “New disease is not SARS, China says”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-08-30, Health:


Deyang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 德陽／德阳 (Déyáng).

The lawsuit was filed on Dec. 1 in a court here in the city of Deyang, in Sichuan Province, the region hit hardest by the May 12 earthquake, which left 88,000 people dead or missing.

2008 December 22, Edward Wong, “Parents of Schoolchildren Killed in China Quake Confirm Lawsuit”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2013-11-17, Asia Pacific:

Three employees of China National Erzhong Group Co. in the southwestern city of Deyang said workers started taking to the streets Monday with banners protesting against corrupt and incompetent managers. They blamed management for Erzhong’s losses and poor treatment of employees.

2015 May 13, Didi Tang, “Chinese workers at state-owned machinery plant protest”, in AP News, archived from the original on 2022-06-08:


Guangyuan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 廣元／广元 (Guǎngyuán).

The People’s Republic began its campaign to separate the Chinese church from Rome on November 30, 1950. The national Catholic Three Self Movement started in Kuangyuan, a town of northern Szechwan.

[1980, Eric O. Hanson, “Confrontation at the National Level: Relations between the People's Republic of China and the Catholic Church, 1949-1962”, in Catholic Politics in China and Korea (American Society of Missiology Series), Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 66:

China’s main complex for making nuclear warhead fuel, codenamed Plant 821, is beside a river in a hilly, forested part of the earthquake zone. It is some 15 miles northwest of Guangyuan in Sichuan Province.

2008 May 16, William J. Broad, “Western Experts Monitor China’s Nuclear Sites for Signs of Earthquake Damage”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2008-12-11, Asia Pacific:

State television quoted an earthquake relief official in the city of Guangyuan, north of the provincial capital Chengdu, as saying the aftershock caused at least one death and 262 injuries in that city.
The official, Wang Fei, also said several thousand homes in Guangyuan were believed destroyed by the aftershock, but he noted that many were already badly damaged.

2008 May 25, “Deadly aftershock jolts China”, in France 24, archived from the original on 2024-05-24:


Luzhou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 瀘州／泸州 (Lúzhōu).

Luzhou 泸州
Luzhou, 143 kilometers east of Yibin, sits at the confluence of the Yangzi and the Tuo Jiang rivers. The main attraction in Lushan is Yunfeng Si (Cloud Peak Temple), (云峰寺) which is said to be large and beautiful. Luzhou is accessible by bus from Yibin and by boat from both Yibin and Chongqing.

1988, K. Mark Stevens, George E. Wehrfritz, edited by Paddy Booz, Southwest China: Off the Beaten Track, Passport Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 201:


Mianyang

The state Xinhua news agency said Tan Li, Communist Party chief of Mianyang in the quake zone, ordered 1.3 million people downstream from Tangjiashan to “evacuate to higher ground”.
But Zhou Hua, a Mianyang official who is a spokesman for the lake relief effort, told Reuters that report was “mistaken”.

2008 May 29, Tyra Dempster, “Chinese battle quake lake amid official confusion”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-05-08, World News:


Ziyang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 資陽／资阳 (Zīyáng).

An official at the health bureau of the Sichuan Province city of Ziyang, one of the places where the disease was found, discounted reports that it could be Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, but he declined to elaborate.[…]
As of Saturday, 58 people were suspected to have the disease in the neighboring cities of Ziyang and Neijiang, the Sichuan health department said in a statement.

2005 July 26, “New disease is not SARS, China says”, in The New York Times, sourced from BEIJING, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-08-30, Health:


Huaying

Archaeologists have excavated the tomb of Anbing in Huaying and the remains of the pre-historical towns in the Chengdu Plain, both of which have entered the list of top 10 archaeological discoveries in China.

2001, 邓天梅 [Deng Tianmei], 四川 [Sìchuān, Sichuan] (中国西部开发丛书 [Introduction to West China Series]), Beijing: China Intercontinental Press (五洲传播出版社), →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 74:

China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs reported two cases of swine fever in Sichuan in March, one in the east in Huaying city, and another in the far west.

2021 July 9, Dominique Patton, “Swine fever surge hits small farms in China's Sichuan”, in Simon Cameron-Moore, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2021-07-09, China:

A county-level city in Guang'an, Sichuan, China.


Thành Đô

[tʰajŋ̟˨˩ ʔɗo˧˧]

[tʰɛɲ˦˩ ʔɗow˧˧]

[tʰan˨˩ ʔɗow˧˧]


Kangding

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 康定 (Kāngdìng).

The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude-5.9 quake hit Saturday about 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the town of Kangding in Sichuan province. China’s seismological agency put the magnitude at 6.3.[…]
No major damage was reported in the town of Kangding, where CCTV video showed residents strolling the town’s streets, looking up at the steep surrounding hillsides and talking on their cellphones.[…]
Kangding and the surrounding county have a population of 129,320 people, about 70 percent of them Tibetan.

2014 November 22, Christopher Bodeen, “Strong quake in west China kills 2; 54 hurt”, in AP News, archived from the original on 2022-05-18:

A county-level city in Garzê, Sichuan, southwest China

康定

county-level city of Sichuan province, China


馬爾康

/mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɑŋ⁵⁵/

/maː¹³ jiː¹³ hɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɑŋ⁵⁵/

/maː¹³ jiː¹³ hɔːŋ⁵⁵/

(～市) Barkam (a county-level city in Ngawa prefecture, Sichuan, China)


Libbûwûtshù

Xichang (a county-level city in Liangshan prefecture, Sichuan, China)


Jianyang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 簡陽／简阳 (Jiǎnyáng).

A county-level city in Chengdu, Sichuan, China.


Чэнду

Chengdu (a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Sichuan, China)


ꀒꎂ

Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture#English

Xichang (the capital city of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China)


會理

/xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(～市, formerly ～縣) Huili (a county-level city in Liangshan prefecture, Sichuan, China)


Emeishan

Pernod unveiled on Thursday plans for a 13-hectare malt whisky distillery site in Emeishan, Sichuan, which is due to begin production in 2021. The distillery will have a Chinese master distiller to produce a malt whisky catering to local tastes.

2019 August 29, Dominique Vidalon, “Pernod launches share buyback, new investments in U.S., China”, in Sudip Kar-Gupta, Deepa Babington, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 2024-06-03, Business:

A county-level city in Leshan, Sichuan, China.


ꍰꄖ

ꑾꌋꈤꆀꃅꌺꒆꌺ，ꇁꌊꍰꄖꇓꈓꄯꒉꌷ

2019, “Nuoggaz 2019 Cypher”performed by Moseee and various artists:

yox si ggo nip mu sse yur sse, la six chep du lur kur tep yy sso