# Zhicheng
## English
### Alternative forms

* Chih-ch'eng (Wade–Giles)

### Pronunciation

* enPR: jûʹchǔngʹ

### Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 枝城 (Zhīchéng).

#### Proper noun

Zhicheng
* A town in Yidu, Yichang, Hubei, China.
** 1992 May 12 [1992 February 22], Jianrong [3695 1696 2837] Di, “A Study of the Civil Defense Issue”, in JPRS Report Science and Technology China: S&T Policy‎, numbers 92-009, page 52, column 1:The second finding was that from the point where the Chang Jiang leaves the gorges to below Zhicheng in Hubei, the river widens allowing the river bed to release a large volume of water.
** 2010, Peter Tonkin, Red River‎ (Fiction), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 12:He glanced across at Robin. Bright blue gaze locking with thoughtful grey. ‘Heading this way at fifty mph or so. But what we really need is news from Zhicheng.’ His finger moved the equivalent of five hundred miles upriver towards the Three Gorges. ‘Whatever is coming down on Anquing, at least three times more will be coming down on there.’ ‘Zhicheng,’ answered Daniel. ‘It’s the next city downriver from the dam.’
** 2019 March 5, Keoni Everington, “Chinese woman dies after being dumped by loader into sand crusher”, in Taiwan News‎, archived from the original on March 5, 2019:Video has surfaced on Weibo of a woman inspecting earthmovers in a ceramics factory at 9:44 a.m. on Feb. 24 in Zhicheng Township of Yidu City, according to a netizen who posted the video.
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Zhicheng.

##### Translations
#### Further reading

* Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Zhicheng”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3564, column 2

### Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 軹城 / 轵城 (Zhǐchéng).

#### Proper noun

Zhicheng
* A town in Jiyuan, Henan, China.
** 2000, 考古‎, numbers 1-6, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 174:The Tonghuagou cemetery is located north of Tonghuagou village, Zhicheng town, Jiyuan city, and was excavated on a large scale in 1991.
** 2009, Stephen Songsheng Chen, Red Circle: China and Me, 1949-2009‎, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 118, 301:Both Taiming and Taiqing were born in Zhicheng, about 10 kilometers from Yanmen.[...] After Japan surrendered, he returned to his hometown, Zhicheng.[...] The train got us as far as Zhicheng. There a big group of relatives awaited us at the station.[...]It was a distance of about a dozen kilometers from Zhicheng to Yanmen. A two-wheel pushcart was prepared for my parents and our luggage.
** 2009, Caixia Tian, Yanli Li, “Study on Characteristics and Treatment Technology for JiYuan Landfill Leachate”, in Memoirs of the Muroran Institute of Technology, volume 59, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 125, column 2:2.1 Source of leachate Jiyuan landfill exists at Zaoshu ridge, Zhicheng town, Jiyuan city, which is 10km from Jiyuan city, and area is about 1,200,000 m².
** 2020, Hing Ming Hung, The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China’s Han Dynasty‎, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 91:Emperor Liu Heng granted titles to all the men who were fathers in the whole realm. He made General Bo Zhao Marquis of Zhi (now Zhicheng Town, Jiyuan, Henan Province).
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Zhicheng.