Definition of "Anching"

Weighed anchor early and came down to Ngankin or Anching as it is now generally called.

1908 October 22, Henry Bridgeman, “The Diary of Hon Henry Bridgeman”, in I Remember it Well: The Diaries, Recollections and Art of Three Generations over Three Centuries‎, published 2015, page 171

Huang Chen was born into a peasant family in southwest Anhwei and went to school in Anching, a Yangtze port city 30 miles from his […]

1973 March 31, “Peking's Man in Washington”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 29 June 2023, page 18‎

The bus I was on was headed for the Yangtze port of Anching, but it stopped on its way through Chienshan to let me and several other passengers off.

2009, Bill Porter, “No Mind”, in Zen Baggage: A Pilgrimage to China‎, Counterpoint Press, page 160