Zhaoqing

English

Alternative forms

• Chaoching, Chao-ch'ing (Wade–Giles)
• Chaoking (Postal Romanization)
• Shiuhing (Postal Romanization, from Cantonese)

Etymology

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 肇慶 / 肇庆 (Zhàoqìng).

Pronunciation

• enPR: jouʹchǐngʹ

Proper noun

Zhaoqing

1. A prefecture-level city in Guangdong, China.
   • 2016 July 3, Louise Watt, “Police injured as residents protest incinerator in China”, in AP News‎^[1], archived from the original on 31 May 2022‎^[2]:

     Residents said people were concerned the halt was just temporary. “The notice was released by Lubu town government, but the project is led by Zhaoqing city government so the notice issued by the town government is not enough,” said a resident and restaurant worker who would only gave his surname, Yu.

Translations

prefecture-level city in Guangdong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 肇慶 / 肇庆 (siu⁶ hing³)

  Mandarin: 肇慶 / 肇庆 (zh) (Zhàoqìng)

• Macedonian: Џаоќинг m (Džaoḱing)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Zhaoqing”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[3], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3562, column 2