Zhangjiakou

English

Alternative forms

• Changchiakou, Chang-chia-k'ou (Wade–Giles)
• Changkiakow

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 張家口／张家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu).

Pronunciation

• enPR: jängʹjyäʹkōʹ

Proper noun

Zhangjiakou

1. A prefecture-level city in Hebei, China.
   • [1977, Jack Chen, “The Kuomintang's Last Gamble”, in The Sinkiang Story‎^[2], New York, London: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.; Collier Macmillan Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 253:

     Sure of his superiority, Chiang launched a countrywide offensive to establish his supremacy. In October, his troops occupied the important North China city of Changchiakou (Kalgan) and a number of other cities evacuated by the People's Liberation Army in accordance with its strategy of not holding cities but concentrating on wiping out enemy troops.]

   • 2022 February 11, Remy Tumin, “A Beijing Games first: Real snow in Zhangjiakou.”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-02-12‎^[4]:

     A steady snow was falling in the morning at Zhangjiakou, and overcast skies threatened snow flurries in Yanqing and Beijing.

Synonyms

• (from Mongolian) Kalgan

Translations

prefecture-level city in Hebei, China

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 張家口／张家口 (zoeng¹ gaa¹ hau²)

  Mandarin: 張家口／张家口 (zh) (Zhāngjiākǒu)

• Manchu: ᡳᠮᡳᠶᠠᠩᡤᠠ
  ᠵᠠᠰᡝ (imiyangga jase)
• Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ (qaɣalg-a), ᠴᠢᠭᠣᠯᠠᠯᠲᠣ
  ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ (čiɣolalto qaɣalg-a)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Zhangjiakou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[5], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3561, column 3