Rongchang

See also: rǒngcháng

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 榮昌 / 荣昌 (Róngchāng).

Proper noun

Rongchang

1. A district of Chongqing, China.
   • [1964, Wu Yu-chang [吳玉章], “The Uprising Led by Yu Tung-chen and the Yi Ho Tuan Movement”, in The Revolution of 1911 [辛亥革命]‎^[1], 3rd edition, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, pages 46-47:

     The Szechuan people's struggle against the activities of the imperialist aggressors in the church had a long history. […] The people who took part in the uprising, however, broke into the Jungchang County prison and released him.]

   • 2014 January 20, Didi Kirsten Tatlow, “‘She. Herself. Naked.': The Art of He Chengyao”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 August 2023, Sinosphere‎^[3]:

     Her young parents, who worked in a pottery factory in Rongchang in present-day Chongqing municipality, conceived her while unmarried.

   • 2021, Dongping Yang, “Toward Educational Modernization: Strengthening Institutions and Increasing Capacity”, in Chinese Research Perspectives on Educational Development‎^[4], volume 5, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9:

     A campus violence case was heard in the court of Rongchang District, Chongqing, in which a female student was beaten to Grade 10 disability by five roommates because she was untidy.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 榮昌 / 荣昌 (zh) (Róngchāng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Rongchang, Jung-chang, Jungchang at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Rongchang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[5], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2642, column 3