Meaning of Anking | Babel Free

Definitions

Dated form of Anqing.

alt-of, dated

Examples

“Adjoining the province of Kiangsu is the province of Anhui and in two of its river cities, Wuhu and Anking, we have centers of work.”

“Plainly it was not the custom for a foreigner to travel down the Yangtze on a small boat, for no sooner was I nicely settled on the deck of a tug about to leave for Anking, ninety miles down the river, than a boatload of Chinese river police pulled alongside and requested to see my passport.”

“But Anhui as a whole was still far from conquered ; the Taipings remained in Anking and only small detachments of loyal troops were available for necessary attacks on a few specific localities.”

“By autumn 1856, practically all the cities in North Anhwei had been lost to the Imperialists but T’ung-ch’eng, north of Anking.”

CEFR level