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Chia-yü

Chia-yü is the alternative form of Jiayu.

Meaning of Jiayu

Proper noun

Jiayu

  1. A county of Xianning, Hubei, China.
    • Vuchang commands over ten Cities, as Vuhang, Vuchang, Kiayu, Puki, Hienning, Cungyang, Tungching, Hingque, Taye, Tungxan.[1669 [1665], John Ogilby, transl., An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, translation of original by John...

Origin of Chia-yü

From Mandarin 嘉魚 /嘉鱼 (Jiāyú) Wade–Giles romanization: Chia¹-yü².

Questions about Chia-yü

What is Chia-yü the alternative form of?
Chia-yü is the alternative form of Jiayu.

Words near Chia-yü in the dictionary

  1. Chia-hsien
  2. Chia-hsing
  3. Chia-i
  4. Chia-mu-ssu
  5. Chia-yi
  6. Chia-yü
  7. Chiac
  8. chiack
  9. chiacked
  10. chiacking
  11. chiacks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Chia-yü (page history and authors); Jiayu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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