Chongqing (disambiguation)
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Chongqing is the modern Pinyin
transliteration for the Chinese city Chongqing
. It was previously commonly known in the West by the name Chungking, Chongking, or Chung King. This name may also refer to:
Pinyin
Pinyin is the official system to transcribe Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet in China, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. It is also often used to teach Mandarin Chinese and spell Chinese names in foreign publications and used as an input method to enter Chinese characters into...
transliteration for the Chinese city Chongqing
Chongqing
Chongqing is a major city in Southwest China and one of the five national central cities of China. Administratively, it is one of the PRC's four direct-controlled municipalities , and the only such municipality in inland China.The municipality was created on 14 March 1997, succeeding the...
. It was previously commonly known in the West by the name Chungking, Chongking, or Chung King. This name may also refer to:
- Chungking (band)Chungking (band)-Overview:Chungking was set in motion by the basement-based musical tinkerings of Sean Hennessey and his friend James Stephenson. The pair eventually decided to obtain a vocalist and discovered that Hennessey's then-girlfriend, Jessie Banks, could sing...
, a British indie pop group - Chung King StudiosChung King StudiosChung King Recording Studios, formerly known as The Chung King House Of Metal, is a New York City recording studio founded by John King with financial backing of the Etches brothers and engineer expertise of Steve Ett became a site of many classic punk and hip hop recordings...
, a New York City recording studio - Chungking MansionsChungking MansionsChungking Mansions, is a building located at 36–44 Nathan Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The building is well known as nearly the cheapest accommodation in Hong Kong. Though the building is supposedly residential, it is made up of many independent low-budget hotels, shops, and other...
, a building in Kowloon, Hong Kong - Chungking ExpressChungking ExpressChungking Express is a 1994 Hong Kong film written and directed by Wong Kar-wai. The film consists of two stories told in sequence, each about a lovesick Hong Kong policeman mulling over his relationship with a woman...
, a 1994 Hong Kong film - Chongqing BluesChongqing BluesChongqing Blues is a 2010 Chinese drama film directed by Wang Xiaoshuai. It was selected for the main competition at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Wang Xueqi as Lin Quanhai, the father* Fan Bingbing as Zhu Qing, the doctor...
, a 2010 film from China - Chung King-fai, Hong Kong actor
- Chung King RoadChung King RoadChung King Road is a pedestrian street in the northeast corner of Chinatown, Los Angeles. This street is a part of "New Chinatown," built in the 1930s and 1940s, and is the location of Chinese specialty shops and art importers. In the late 1990s many of the storefronts were sitting unused, and...
, a pedestrian street in Los Angeles - ChungkingosaurusChungkingosaurusChungkingosaurus, meaning "Chongqing Lizard", is a genus of dinosaur from the Late Jurassic-age Upper Shaximiao Formation in what is now China. It is classified as a stegosaurid.-Discovery and species:...
, a dinosaur species first discovered in China - Chungking bristle, an alternative name for hog bristle artist's brushes
- Chun King, a line of U.S. marketed chinese food products developed by Jeno PaulucciJeno PaulucciJeno F. Paulucci was an American businessman and entrepreneur famous for starting over seventy companies during his long career. Paulucci's most well-known ventures included his frozen food company, Michelina's Inc., and food products such as Jeno's Pizza Rolls and the Chun King line of Chinese food...
See also
- Chunking (disambiguation), an unrelated word which is a common misspelling of this name