Dictionary

Chang Jiang en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /-d͡ʒi.æŋ/
• /tʃæŋ ˈdʒ(j)ɒŋ/

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 長江 /长江 (Cháng Jiāng).

Meanings

1. Synonym of Yangtze.
   • ONE of the problems in China’s economy today is: In the past decade many places built industries to utilize local raw materials or supply local markets with goods. But often these plants were technically backward, and the goods they produced were of poor quality, or even unsalable. This was once true of the Xianning district, consisting of seven counties south of the Changjiang (Yangtze) River in Hubei province. [1980 December, Huo Bolin, “Shanghai Helps Backward Small Industries”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXIX, number 12, Beijing: China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 34, column 1:

Forms

Synonyms

Yangtze · Chang River