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Ji

/dʒi/

Ji proper noun: an ancient settlement in northeastern China within modern Beijing.

Proper noun (1)

Ji

  1. (historical) An ancient settlement in northeastern China within modern Beijing.
    Synonyms:
    Jicheng, Shangdu, Youzhou, Guangyang
  2. (historical) The state which it ruled.
  3. (historical) Synonym of Yan, a neighboring state that conquered Ji and then used its capital.
    Synonyms:
    Yan
  4. (historical) A former county now within Beijing, China.

Proper noun (2)

Ji

  1. A county of Linfen, Shanxi, China.
    • At a brigade in Ji county in south-eastern Shanxi, not really in mountain country, yields per mou were raised from 56 jin to 194 jin during the 1970s.1985, Frank Leeming, Rural China Today, Longman, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 126
    • Subject of poetry, art and legend, Hukou Waterfall is the second largest falls in China, located on the Yellow River, between Ji County, Shanxi Province and Yichuan County, Shaanixi^([sic – meaning Shaanxi]) Provine^([sic – meaning Province]).2010, Dong Huai, “Hukou Waterfall”, in Discovering China: 50 Amazing Places in China, Better Link Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 52

Proper noun (3)

Ji

  1. A surname from Chinese.

Noun capitalized: JI

JI

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of John Innes, a generic range of horticultural composts.
    • JI No 1, JI No 2, etc

Proper noun (4) capitalized: JI

JI

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Jemaah Islamiyah, an Islamist militant organization based in Indonesia.
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of East Java: a province of Indonesia.

Synonyms of Ji

Origin of Ji

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 薊 /蓟 (Jì), literally thistle or thistles.

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 吉 (Jí), literally "lucky".

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 姞 (Jí), sometimes derived from 女 (“woman, matriarchal clan marker”) + 吉 (jí, “lucky”). Doublet of Chi.

Phrases with Ji

Questions about Ji

What does Ji mean?
Ji means an ancient settlement in northeastern China within modern Beijing.
What part of speech is Ji?
Ji can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Ji?
Ji is pronounced /dʒi/.

Words near Ji in the dictionary

  1. Jhunjhun
  2. Jhunjhunu
  3. Jhuolan
  4. JHVH
  5. JHWH
  6. Ji
  7. Ji Lin
  8. Ji'an
  9. Ji'nan
  10. Jia
  11. Jiabong

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