An-chʻing

From Mandarin 安慶／安庆 (Ānqìng), Wade–Giles romanization: An¹-chʻing⁴.

An-ch‘ing

1. (orthodox) Alternative form of Anqing
   • 1880, P‘u, Sung-ling, “The Man Who was Thrown Down a Well”, in Herbert A. Giles, transl., Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio‎, volume I, De La Rue, →OCLC, page 365:

     Mr. TAI, of An-ch‘ing, was a wild fellow when young.

   • 1885 [22 December 1884], Translation of the Peking Gazette for 1884‎, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 178, column 1:

     Having volunteered for military service during the rebellion, he was present at the capture of An-ch‘ing and was mentioned in despatches for his gallantry, receiving a nomination to the post of Sub-director of Studies upon the ocourrence of a vacancy.

   • 1904, Tenney, C. D., Geography of Asia‎, New York: MacMillan and Co, →OCLC, page 14:

     ANHUI (安徽).
     […] The capital, An-ch‘ing (安慶府), is situated on the Yangtzŭ River.

   • 1912, Giles, Herbert A., “Hsien Fêng”, in China and The Manchus‎, Cambridge History Press, →OCLC, →OL, page 86:

     By 1857, Imperialist troops were drawing close lines around the rebels, who had begun to lose rather than to gain ground. An-chʽing and Nanking, the only two cities which remained to them, were blockaded, and the Manchu plan was simply to starve the enemy out.

   • 1932, “HUNG HSIU-CHʻÜAN”, in The Encyclopedia Americana‎, volume H, Americana Corporation, →OCLC, page 499, column 1:

     He then adopted the term "Heavenly Dynasty of Perfect Peace" (Taiping Kwoh), styling himself the Heavenly King; and working his way northward in 1853, he captured Wu-chʻang and all the other cities on the Yang-tsze down to An-chʻing, […]