Jianxi
See also: jiānxì, jiānxi, and jiànxí
English
Alternative forms
- (from Wade-Giles) Chien-hsi
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 澗西／涧西.
Proper noun
Jianxi
- A district of Luoyang, Henan, China.
- [1978 May, TANG HSIA, “LOYANG, A City Both Ancient and Young”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXVII, number 5, Peking, OCLC 7513641, page 15, column 3:
- It was decided to build the industrial district in Chienhsi far to the west, where there are fewer ancient tombs than in other places.]
- 2009, Clifford, Miriam; Cathy Giangrande; Antony White, China: Museums, Odyssey Books, →ISBN, OCLC 699213669, OL 26058140M, page 121:
- The Three Kingdom jade cup found in a tomb in the Jianxi district is a masterpiece.
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Translations
district
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