Chungking

/ ˈtʃʊŋˈkɪŋ; ˈtʃʌŋ-; ˈtʃʊŋˈtʃɪŋ; ˈtʃʌŋ- /

noun

1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Chongqing

Example Sentences

After all, he told the Nikkei Weekly, the Japanese had carried out an indiscriminate air raid on civilians on the Chinese city of Chungking in 1938.

From Washington Post

One of Tsang’s tours visits the city’s famed Chungking Mansions, a labyrinthine complex with ethnic restaurants, guesthouses and stores selling everything from cheap phones to burqas.

From Reuters

Most importantly, she would tell him about the life he would probably never know, the life she had once lived in Chungking.

From Literature

The community is concentrated around the mosque and the nearby Chungking Mansions building, a ramshackle collection of restaurants, cheap hotels and South-Asian run stores.

From Reuters

And while I'll be the first to admit that Chungking Express is not on the same tier as Star Wars, it's still well-known among movie nerds.

From The Verge