Zhangye

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 張掖／张掖 (Zhāngyè).

Pronunciation

• enPR: jängʹyěʹ

Proper noun

Zhangye

1. A prefecture-level city in Gansu, China.
   • [1964, Yu-ti (任育地) Jen, 中国地理概述‎^[3], Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 196:

     Rice is grown in the warm and humid climate of the Southern Kansu Highlands and around the oases in the Hohsi Corridor, like Changyi and Kiuchuan, where water is abundant. The rice produced in the Hohsi Corridor is known for its excellent quality.]

   • [1979, Jan Myrdal, “The Reclining Buddha”, in Ann Hening, transl., The Silk Road: A Journey from the High Pamirs and Ili through Sinkiang and Kansu‎^[4], New York: Pantheon Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 259:

     Gun was taking photos of the reclining Buddha in Changyeh and had climbed the loft to get closer to the large face. […]
     The reclining Buddha in Kanchow, which was the old name of Changyeh, is famous. The figure is 34.5 meters long and 7.5 meters high.]

   • 2020 February 14, Joe McDonald, Yu Bing, “China’s virus crackdown leaves millions working at home”, in AP News‎^[5], archived from the original on 2023-04-14‎^[6]:

     Maggie Zhang, co-founder of SheTalks, a company in Beijing that organizes events for women, is working out of her parents’ apartment in the northwestern city of Zhangye in Gansu province. She went for the Lunar New Year and said she might stay through March.

Translations

prefecture-level city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 張掖／张掖 (zh) (Zhāngyè, Zhāngyì)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Zhangye”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[7], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3562, column 1