Anqing

See also: ànqíng and Ānqìng

English

Alternative forms

• Anching, Anch'ing, An-ch'ing, An-chʻing (Wade–Giles)
• Anking (Postal Romanization)
• Ngankin

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 安慶 / 安庆 (Ānqìng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑːnˈt͡ʃɪŋ/, enPR: änʹchǐngʹ

Proper noun

Anqing

1. A prefecture-level city in Anhui, China.
   • 2015 August 21, Patrick Boehler, Josh Keller, K.K. Rebecca Lai, Vanessa Piao, Crystal Tse, “Tianjin Blast Exposes the Dangerous Proximity of Toxic Chemicals in China”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-08-21‎^[3]:

     Another major producer of sodium cyanide, Anhui Shuguang, appears to have a subsidiary located not only close to a residential area of Anqing in Anhui Province, but also only a few hundred feet from the Yangtze River in central China. The Times found a kindergarten and another school within 1,000 meters of the factory.

   • 2020 August 20, “What's behind China's record floods?”, in France 24‎^[4], archived from the original on 23 August 2020‎^[5]:

     In addition to conventional weather monitoring technology, Anqing city in China's Anhui province is using virtual reality goggles linked to river-monitoring cameras that use 5G internet to transmit images to inspectors, according to Xinhua.

   • 2021 June 6, Tanika Godbole, “China: Man with knife kills 6 on commercial street”, in Deutsche Welle‎^[6], archived from the original on 06 June 2021, News‎^[7]:

     The attack happened on Saturday afternoon, on a shopping street in Anqing city, Anhui province, which is located around 430 kilometers from Shanghai.

Synonyms

• Hwaining

Translations

prefecture-level city in Anhui

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 安慶 / 安庆 (on¹ hing³)

  Mandarin: 安慶 / 安庆 (zh) (Ānqìng)

• Manchu: ᠠᠨ
  ᡴᡳᠩ (an king)

Further reading

• “Anqing”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• Anqing, Anking, Anching, Anch'ing, An-ching, An-ch'ing, Ngankin at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• “Anqing”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Anqing”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Anqing” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Anqing”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[8], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 145, column 1