# Chengdu

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /t͡ʃɛŋ.du/ · frequency rank #33,173

## Definitions
1. A subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Sichuan, in southwestern China.

## Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 成都 (Chéngdū), supposedly bestowed upon it during its first founding by the ninth king of the Shu Kingdom's Kaiming dynasty when he removed his court there from nearby Pi County.

## Easily confused with
- **Cheng** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheng-vs-chengdu)

## Common misspellings (11)
`cchengdu`, `cehngdu`, `chegndu`, `chendgu`, `chengddu`, `chenggdu`, `chengud`, `chenngdu`, `chhengdu`, `chnegdu`, `hcengdu`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/chengdu