Chengdu

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Chengdu

/t͡ʃɛŋ.du/
/t͡ʃʌŋ-/
/t͡ʃɑŋ-/
/t͡ʃæŋ-/

Where it comes from

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 成都 (Chéngdū), supposedly bestowed upon it during its first founding by the ninth king of the Shu Kingdom's Kaiming dynasty when he removed his court there from nearby Pi County.

proper noun Chingtu · Chingtoo · Cingtu · Tchingtou · Ch'eng-tu · Ch'êng-tu

A subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Sichuan, in southwestern China. As the United States lashed out against the “new tyranny” of China, Beijing on Friday ordered the closure of the American consulate in Chengdu, a retaliatory move that threatens to drive the two powers into an even deeper divide. Beijing blamed the Trump administration for the deterioration in relat

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name capital of Sichuan province, China

한국어	청두 Cheongdu, 성도 Seongdo
日本語	成都 Seito
中文	成都 Chéngdū
हिन्दी	चेंगदू ceṅgdū
Português	Chengdu
Français	Chengdu
Ελληνικά	Τσενγκτού Tsengktoú
Русский	Чэнду́ Čɛndú
Tiếng Việt	Thành Đô
العربية	شِينْغْدُو šinḡdū, تْشِينْغْدُو tšingdū

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@misc{chengdu_2026,
  title = {Chengdu},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chengdu},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}