Chih-chiang
English

Map including Chih-chiang (Ma-chia-tien) (DMA, 1975)
Etymology
From Mandarin 枝江 (Zhījiāng), Wade–Giles romanization: Chih¹-chiang¹.
Proper noun
Chih-chiang
- Alternative form of Zhijiang
- 1970, Ts'ui-jung Liu, “DIKE CONSTRUCTION IN CHING-CHOU A Study Based on the "T'i-fang chih" Section of the Ching-chou fu-chih”, in Papers on China, volume 23, →OCLC, archived from the original on June 3, 2020, page 3:
- As for dikes in Chih-chiang 枝江, although they were built on the sand banks of the Yangtze, there is no record for their length.
- 1981, Yu Lu, You Lu, Chun-shu Chang, Joan Smythe, South China in the Twelfth Century: A Translation of Lu Yu's Travel Diaries, July 3 - December 6, 1170, Chinese University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 144:
- We moored at Kuan-tzu Mouth,⁶⁷ which is between the two cities of Sung-tzu and Chih-chiang (modern Chih-chiang Hsien, Hupeh). Sung-tzu was a hsien under the Chin, and from there one enters the Shu River.⁶⁸ Chih-chiang was a hsien under the Tʻang, and anciently was the State of Lo.⁶⁹
Translations
Zhijiang — see Zhijiang
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