晋察冀

jìn chá jì

Shanxi 山西[Shan1 xi1], Chahar 察哈爾|察哈尔[Cha2 ha1 er3] and Hebei 河北[He2 bei3] (three provinces of the Republic of China in the period 1912-1936)

晋

jìn

the Jin Dynasties (265–420)

察

chá

variant of 察[cha2]

冀

jì

short name for Hebei 河北[He2 bei3]