Zhangye
English
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 張掖／张掖 (Zhāngyè).
Pronunciation
- enPR: jängʹyěʹ[2]
Proper noun
Zhangye
- A prefecture-level city in Gansu, China.
- [1964, Yu-ti (任育地) Jen, 中国地理概述 [A Concise Geography of China], Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 196:
- Rice is grown in the warm and humid climate of the Southern Kansu Highlands and around the oases in the Hohsi Corridor, like Changyi and Kiuchuan, where water is abundant. The rice produced in the Hohsi Corridor is known for its excellent quality.]
- 2020 February 14, Joe McDonald, Yu Bing, “China’s virus crackdown leaves millions working at home”, in AP News, archived from the original on 2023-04-14:
- Maggie Zhang, co-founder of SheTalks, a company in Beijing that organizes events for women, is working out of her parents’ apartment in the northwestern city of Zhangye in Gansu province. She went for the Lunar New Year and said she might stay through March.
References
- “China”, in The New Encyclopedia Britannica, 15th edition, volume 16, 1995, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 42, column 1: “Conventional/Wade-Giles Pinyin […] Chang-yeh.......Zhangye”
- Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Changyeh”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 370, column 3
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Zhangye”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3562, column 1
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