Chongqing UK /t͡ʃɒŋˈt͡ʃɪŋ/US /t͡ʃɑŋˈt͡ʃɪŋ/ noun1 •A direct-administered municipality and city in western China.The latest proposed relocation would affect residents along hundreds of miles of twisting lakeshore from Jiangjin, in the Chongqing municipality, to the dam’s location at Yichang, in Hubei Province. — 2012