Jinjiang

Jinjiang

See also: jīnjiǎng and jìnjiǎng

English

Alternative forms

• (from Wade–Giles) Chin-chiang, Chinchiang
• (dated) Tsinkiang

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 晉江／晋江 (Jìnjiāng).

Proper noun

Jinjiang

1. A county-level city in Quanzhou, Fujian, China
   • [1977 September 25, “Reds reported shocked by Fan's defection to Taiwan”, in Free China Weekly‎, volume XVIII, number 38, Taipei, ISSN 0016-0318, OCLC 1786626, page 1, columns 1, 2:

     Another report said some people in Chinchiang in Fukien province saw Lt. Col. Fan flying along the seashore in the wrong direction and decided something must be happening.]

Synonyms

• (from Min Nan) Chinkang, Chin-kang, Chin Kang

Translations

county-level city in Fujian

Chinese: Cantonese: 晉江, 晋江 (zeon3 gong1) Mandarin: 晉江／晋江 (zh) (Jìnjiāng) Min Nan: 晉江, 晋江 (Chìn-kang)

Anagrams

• Jiangjin