a port in E China, in E Shandong province on Jiazhou Bay, developed as a naval base and fort in 1891. Shandong university (1926). Pop: 2 431 000 (2005 est)
Qingdao in American English
(ˈtʃɪŋˈdaʊ)
seaport in Shandong province, NE China, on the Yellow Sea: pop. 2,240,000