Chengdu

== English == === Alternative forms === Ch'eng-tu, Ch'êng-tu (Wade–Giles) Chengtu === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃɛŋ.du/, /t͡ʃʌŋ-/, /t͡ʃɑŋ-/, /t͡ʃæŋ-/, enPR: chǔngʹdo͞oʹ Hyphenation: Cheng‧du === Proper noun === Chengdu A subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Sichuan, in southwestern China. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Chengdu”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎[7], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 750, column 2 === Anagrams === gunched == Portuguese == === Proper noun === Chengdu f Chengdu (a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Sichuan, in southwestern China)