Chang Jiang

American  

[chahng jyahng] / ˈtʃɑŋ ˈdʒyɑŋ /

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.

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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 • Apr. 21, 2020

About 1,000 years later, farmers first domesticated wild rice in the Chang Jiang River delta.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

This waterway connected the Huang He and the Chang Jiang.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

The Zhou Dynasty controlled lands that stretched far beyond the Huang He in the north to the Chang Jiang in the south.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

The Song rulers established a grand new capital at Hangzhou, a coastal city south of the Chang Jiang.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012