澄江

Chéngjiāng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Chengjiang, county-level city of Yuxi in Yunnan, known for its Cambrian fossils
  2. 2 a clear river

Examples

HSK 4
Chéngjiāng zài Yúnnán, lí Kūnmíng bù yuǎn.
Chengjiang is in Yunnan, not far from Kunming.
HSK 6
Kēxuéjiā zài Chéngjiāng zhǎodào le hěnduō Hánwǔjì de huàshí.
Scientists have found many Cambrian fossils at Chengjiang.

Tips

culture
The fossil beds at 帽天山 were found in 1984. They keep even the soft bodies of sea animals from about 518 million years ago, early in the Cambrian, and as the Chengjiang Fossil Site they have been a World Heritage Site since 2012.
usage
In classical poetry 澄江 is simply 'the clear river', as in 谢朓's line 余霞散成绮,澄江静如练 'the last clouds spread out like brocade, the clear river lies still as white silk'. 澄 here means 'clear'; read dèng it means 'to let settle'.

Stroke Order

澄 chéng
江 jiāng