Changge

See also: chànggē

English

Alternative forms

• Ch'ang-ko (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From Mandarin 長葛／长葛 (Chánggě).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(ˈ)t͡ʃæŋ(ˈ)ɡʌ/

Proper noun

Changge

1. A county-level city in Xuchang, Henan, China.
   • [1976 August, “Land Improvement in China”, in China Reconstructs‎^[1], volume XXV, number 8, Peking: China Welfare Institute, →OCLC, page 29, column 3:

     In 1958 a production brigade in Changko county, Honan province, improved its soil by deep plowing and greatly increased its grain output. Chairman Mao recommended its experience to the whole country and called on all the communes to do the same.]

   • 1988, Robert L. Thorp, Son of Heaven: Imperial Arts of China‎^[2], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 150:

     The bowl and dish (Nos. 82-83) were intended for culinary use. They are two of six vessels unearthed in flawless condition from a cache in Changge County, Henan Province.

   • 2012 December 2, Chen Aizhu, Niu Shuping, “In rare case, Beijing court sentences petitioner interceptors”, in Ben Blanchard, Daniel Magnowski, editors, Reuters‎^[3], archived from the original on 29 August 2020, World News‎^[4]:

     Those convicted were hired by authorities from Changge city in central Henan province to stop petitioners airing their grievances in Beijing, the People’s Daily said on its website, citing a Beijing newspaper.

   • 2022 November 18, Chang Che, John Liu, “An iPhone Factory Needs Workers. The Chinese Government Wants to Help.”, in The New York Times‎^[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-01-31, Business‎^[6]:

     “It’s been difficult for companies to resume work and production,” Zhang Yongchao, the office manager of the veteran affairs bureau of Changge, a city an hour from the Foxconn plant, told The Times.

Translations

county-level city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 長葛／长葛 (zh) (Chánggě, Chánggé)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Changge”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[7], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 725, column 1