Chang Jiang

[ chahng jyahng ]

noun

, Pinyin.

1. a river in eastern Asia, flowing from the Tibetan plateau through central China to the East China Sea. About 3,200 miles (5,150 km) long.

Example Sentences

But the public has returned to the banks of the Yangtze, known in Mandarin as Chang Jiang, or Great River.

From Washington Times

He continued his research career in Japan, before returning to China through the Chang Jiang Scholars Program, a talent-recruitment scheme that encourages Chinese academics working abroad to come home.

From Nature

From Africa to Asia: Beijing Sideways has several sidecar tours of Beijing in a Chang Jiang 750 Chinese motorcycle.

From New York Times

Propagandists have used the news to try to demystify President Xi, says Chang Jiang of Renmin University in Beijing.

From Economist

On Thursday afternoon the vessel’s upended body poked from the water like a submarine resurfacing from the depths of what the Chinese call their Chang Jiang or Long River.

From The Guardian