Jianchang

See also: Jiànchāng

English

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 建昌 (Jiànchāng, literally “establishing prosperity”).

Alternative forms

• Keen-chang, Kienchang (obsolete)

Proper noun

Jianchang

1. (historical) Former name of Xichang.

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 建昌 (Jiànchāng)

Proper noun

Jianchang

1. A county of Huludao, Liaoning, China.
   • 2018 November 22, “Car strikes crowd at China school, killing 5 and hurting 18”, in AP News‎^[1], archived from the original on 23 November 2018‎^[2]:

     The driver was taken into custody after the crash around noon in the coastal city of Huludao in Liaoning province, said the spokesman for Jianchang county in the city’s suburbs, who declined to give his name as is standard with Chinese bureaucrats.

Descendants

• Translingual: Jianchangosaurus

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 建昌 (zh) (Jiànchāng)

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