Qiantang

== English == === Alternative forms === Ch‘ien-t‘ang, Ch'ien-t'ang (Wade–Giles) === Etymology === From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 錢塘 / 钱塘 (Qiántáng), named for the dyke constructed on the river by Qian Liu, ruler of Wuyue, one of the Ten Kingdoms that succeeded the Tang dynasty. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˌænˈtæŋ/ enPR: chyĕn′täng′ Hyphenation: Qian‧tang === Proper noun === Qiantang A river in China, flowing north and east through Zhejiang into Hangzhou Bay. (historical) A former name of Hangzhou, China. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Tsientang River or Chientang River”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎[9], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1952, column 3 “Qiantang, Ch'ien-t'ang, Chien-tang, Chientang”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.