Zichang

See also: Zǐcháng

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 子長／子长 (Zǐcháng, literally “Zichang, name of 謝子長 (Xie Zichang)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌ(d)zɪˈtʃɑŋ/, enPR: dzûʹchängʹ

Proper noun

Zichang

1. A county-level city in Yan'an, Shaanxi, China, formerly a county.
   • [1976, Wilfred Burchett, “In Case of War”, in China: The Quality of Life‎^[1], Penguin Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 166:

     'Continuing our tour, we arrived at night at Tzuchang, north of Yenan in Shensi province. Before turning in we had a look around. It was bright moonlight and all around the sides of the valley flames of charcoal-burning and iron-smelting leaped up.]

   • 1985, Frank Leeming, Rural China Today‎^[2], Longman, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 401:

     Zichang county lies between Yan'an and the Great Wall; it is open range country with plenty of land but few people.

   • 2008, Chen Xuejian, editor, Travel Around China‎^[3], HarperCollins, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 316:

     Wayaobao Revolutionary Sites in Zichang County include more than 20 cave houses, the site of the Wayaobao meeting, and living spaces of Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and Liu Shaoqi.

Translations

county-level city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 子長／子长 (zh) (Zǐcháng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Zichang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3567, column 1