Ch'eng-te

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 承德 (Chéngdé), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻêng²-tê².

Proper noun

Ch'eng-te

1. Alternative form of Chengde
   • 1972, Wilma Fairbank, “Introduction”, in Adventures in Retrieval: Han murals and Shang Bronze Molds‎^[1], Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 7:

     From time to time we took trips farther afield, packing our bedding rolls and provisions, to see the Great Wall, the famous Buddhist cave sculptures at Yün Kang and Lung Men, early temples along the Fen River valley of Shansi, and the Tibetan-style architecture at Ch’eng-te in Jehol.

   • 1989, Dolores Zen, transl., Last Chance in Manchuria‎^[2], Hoover Institution Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 80:

     But the Soviet Army does not have strong armed forces in those two places, and, since it belongs to the eastern war zone, Antung is not under his jurisdiction. Our troops also can reach Ch’eng-te by an overland route. As for the date when our troops will arrive in Mukden, Harbin, and other places, it can vary by a number of days, which will be no problem.

   • 1994, Tony Scotland, The Empty Throne: The Quest for an Imperial Heir in the People's Republic of China‎^[3], Penguin Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 28:

     A French tourist whose bag was snatched outside another imperial palace, at Ch'eng-te, wrote to the China Daily to record her appreciation of the police, who had 'taken the situation very seriously and were very thorough in their investigation'.

Translations

Chengde — see Chengde

Further reading

• “Ch'eng-te”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Ch’eng-te”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Ch'eng-te” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.