Chengde

(Older Spelling) Chengteh
(Older Spelling)

[chœng-dœ]

noun

Pinyin.

1. a city in northeastern Hebei province, in northeastern China: former summer residence of the Manchu emperors.

Chengde

/ ˈtʃɛŋˈteɪ /

noun

1. a city in NE China, in Hebei on the Luan River: summer residence of the Manchu emperors. Pop: 470 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

In the city of Chengde, eight were killed, with 18 still unaccounted for.

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Eight other people died after a landslide on Monday in Chengde city, about three hours northeast of Beijing.

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The blaze in Chengde city, Hebei province, broke out on Tuesday night local time and was extinguished in about two hours.

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Zhangjiakou and Chengde, cities in the same province, also broke temperature records for June, according to CCTV.

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The measures affected about half of the 6 million residents of the port city of Dalian, along with an undisclosed number in Chengde and Shijiazhuang in Hebei province, both around three hours from the capital Beijing.

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