"Chengde" meaning in English

See Chengde in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /t͡ʃɛŋ.də/, /t͡ʃʌŋ-/, /t͡ʃɑŋ-/, /t͡ʃæŋ-/, /-deɪ/ Forms: Ch'eng-te [alternative], Chengte [alternative, dated], Chengteh [alternative, dated]
enPR: chŭngʹdŭʹ Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 承德 (Chéngdé, literally “Upholding or Receiving Virtue”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn-pinyin|-}} Hanyu Pinyin, {{bor|en|cmn|^承德|lit=Upholding or Receiving Virtue}} Mandarin 承德 (Chéngdé, literally “Upholding or Receiving Virtue”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Chengde
  1. A prefecture-level city of Hebei, China. Categories (place): Places in China, Places in Hebei, China Translations (prefecture-level city and county in Hebei): 承德 (english: sing⁴ dak¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 承德 (Chéngdé) (Chinese Mandarin), Τσένγκντε (Tséngknte) [neuter] (Greek), 承徳 (Shōtoku) (alt: しょうとく) (Japanese), ᠊ᡵᡩᡝᠮᡠ ᠪᡝ ᠠᠯᡳᡥᠠ (-rdemu be aliha) (Manchu), ᠬᠠᠯᠠᠭᠤᠨ ᠭᠣᠣᠯ (qalaɣun ɣool) (Mongolian), Халуун гол (Xaluun gol) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), Чэндэ (Čende) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), Жэхэ (Žexe) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian)
    Sense id: en-Chengde-en-name-EaOQayE6 Categories (other): Prefecture-level cities of Hebei, China, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Manchu translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Mongolian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Manchu translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Mongolian translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of 'prefecture-level city and county in Hebei': 96 4
  2. A county of Chengde, Hebei, China. Categories (place): Places in China, Places in Hebei, China Synonyms: Rehe [historical] [city, cities, region, location], Jehol [city, cities, region, location] Derived forms: chengdeite
    Sense id: en-Chengde-en-name-mYzxJhx- Categories (other): Counties and county-level cities of Hebei, China

Alternative forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.