Anching

From Mandarin 安慶／安庆 (Ānqìng), Wade–Giles romanization: An¹-chʻing⁴.

Anching

1. Alternative form of Anqing
   • 1908 October 22, Henry Bridgeman, “The Diary of Hon Henry Bridgeman”, in I Remember it Well: The Diaries, Recollections and Art of Three Generations over Three Centuries‎, published 2015, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 171:

     Weighed anchor early and came down to Ngankin or Anching as it is now generally called.

   • 1973 March 31, “Peking's Man in Washington”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 June 2023, page 18‎:

     Huang Chen was born into a peasant family in southwest Anhwei and went to school in Anching, a Yangtze port city 30 miles from his […]

   • 2009, Bill Porter, “No Mind”, in Zen Baggage: A Pilgrimage to China‎, Counterpoint Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 160:

     The bus I was on was headed for the Yangtze port of Anching, but it stopped on its way through Chienshan to let me and several other passengers off.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Anching.