(亦作Chungking)a former city in Sichuan province in central China and now a municipality directly under the Central Government; pop. 4,776,000 (est. 2006). It was the capital of China from 1938 to 1946.
重庆(原中国中部四川省城市,现为直辖市,2006年估计人口4,776,000, 1938—1946年为陪都)。