chongqing
/t͡ʃɑŋˈt͡ʃɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.83 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A direct-administered municipality and city in western China.
Example Sentences
- "Nanking attempted to maintain a nominal sovereignty by appointing Liu Xiang commissioner for the suppression of banditry (that is, communism) in 1933, but the province really eluded its control, and continued to do so until 1938, when the central government was driven back to Chongqing."
- "The latest proposed relocation would affect residents along hundreds of miles of twisting lakeshore from Jiangjin, in the Chongqing municipality, to the dam’s location at Yichang, in Hubei Province."
- "Her young parents, who worked in a pottery factory in Rongchang in present-day Chongqing municipality, conceived her while unmarried."
- "For nearly four years, he worked in one of the three cavernous Ford Motor assembly plants in Chongqing, a sprawling metropolis in southwestern China with almost 20 million people. Every day, he spent long hours putting brake fluid into the Ford Focus compact cars that glided past on the assembly line."
- "A canteen in China's southwest municipality of Chongqing collapsed on Friday following an explosion suspected to be caused by a gas leak, leaving many trapped, according to reports from state media."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, ^重慶
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /t͡ʃɑŋˈt͡ʃɪŋ/
- British English: /t͡ʃɒŋˈt͡ʃɪŋ/