Changle

See also: chánglè

English

Alternative forms

• Changlo, Ch'ang-lo (Wade–Giles)
• Diongloh (Postal Romanization)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 長樂／长乐 (Chánglè).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(ˈ)t͡ʃæŋ(ˈ)lʌ/, /t͡ʃɑŋ-/

Proper noun

Changle

1. A district of Fuzhou, Fujian, China; former county of Fujian, China.
   • [1945 May 22 [1945 May 21], Spencer Moosa, “Chinese Take Railhead as Japs Retire”, in Hope Star‎^[1], Hope, Ark., sourced from Chungking (AP), →OCLC, page 6, column 7:

     Diongloh, a small port on the Min river 15 miles southeast of Foochow, fell to Chinese troops on Saturday. […] Approximately 200 Japanese who tried to make a stand at Diongloh were wiped out, the Chinese said.]

   • 2008, Sheldon X. Zhang, Chinese Human Smuggling Organizations‎^[2], Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 31:

     Such an informal recruitment process seems to give just about anybody with the right connections or in the right social circles the opportunity to enter the business. Such was the story of a teacher in Changle County who became involved in the business because her husband was without a stable job at one point.

   • 2021 June 6, “GLOBALink Young craftsman revives hundred-year-old handicraft in SE China's Fujian”, in huaxia, editor, Xinhua News Agency‎^[3], archived from the original on 06 June 2021‎^[4]:

     Nowadays, the craft has been listed as one of the intangible cultural heritages of Fuzhou City. Four inheriting bases for the craft have been set up in four schools in Changle District of Fuzhou, where Chen spends his leisure time teaching students.

   • 2023 January 12, Megha Rajagopalan, William K. Rashbaum, “With F.B.I. Search, U.S. Escalates Global Fight Over Chinese Police Outposts”, in The New York Times‎^[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 January 2023, Europe‎^[6]:

     The New York outpost, which was set up by the city of Fuzhou, is based in the offices of a Chinese community organization, the America Changle Association NY, according to the state-run China Youth Daily, which last year published a document listing various police outposts. Changle is a district in the city of Fuzhou. The article has since been deleted.

Translations

district of Fuzhou

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 長樂／长乐 (coeng⁴ lok⁶)

  Eastern Min: 長樂／长乐 (Diòng-lŏ̤h)

  Mandarin: 長樂／长乐 (zh) (Chánglè)

Further reading

• Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Diongloh”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎^[7], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 516, column 1
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Changle”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[8], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 725, column 3