Ruoqiang

English

Alternative forms

• Jochiang, Jo-chiang, Jo-ch'iang (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 若羌 (Ruòqiāng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹwoʊˈt͡ʃjɑŋ/

Proper noun

Ruoqiang

1. A county of Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang, China
   • 2022 May 24, John Feng, “Satellite Images Hint at China's Taiwan Invasion Plans”, in Newsweek‎^[2], archived from the original on 25 May 2022, World‎^[3]:

     The satellite photo captured on May 13 in Xinjiang's Ruoqiang county shows the dummy _target with twin engines and a large, disc-shaped radar on its fuselage parked on a runway. It appears to be surrounded by a number of smaller fighter aircraft.

2. A town in Ruoqiang, Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang, China

Synonyms

• (from Uyghur) Qakilik, Charkhlik, Charklik
• Erh-ch'iang

Translations

county in western China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 若羌 (zh) (Ruòqiāng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Ruoqiang, Jochiang at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Ruoqiang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2670, column 3: “The name sometimes spelled as Qarkilik or Charkhlik.”