Jiang

/dʒæŋ/

Jiang proper noun: a surname from Mandarin.

Proper noun (1)

Jiang

A surname from Mandarin.
- Taiwan Friends of Tibet (TFOT) yesterday criticized former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chairman Wu Poh-hsiung (吳伯雄) for inviting Sichuan Province Governor Jiang Jufeng (蔣巨峰) to Taiwan, saying that Jiang was responsible for the repression and killing of Tibetan protesters during demonstrations...2011 May 12, Loa Iok-sin, “Invitation to Sichuan’s governor criticized by activists”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 May 2011, Taiwan News, page 3
- Third Master might be a bit of a bore, but Mr. Yee surrounds him with so many surreal landscapes and witty action sequences — a combination of computers, wires and limber spines — that you’ll hardly notice. Jiang Mengjie is spunky and sweet as a prostitute with a magpie’s eye for gold and a...2016 December 8, Jeannette Catsoulis, “Review: You Quit? Think Again, ‘Sword Master’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2016

Jiang

A surname from Mandarin.
- Disagreement over whether to execute Mao Tse-tung's widow, Jiang Qing, has forced postponement of a special court's verdict in her trial along with others accused of misdeeds during the Cultural Revolution, according to reliable sources.1981 January 15, Bryan Johsnon, “Jiang's Fate Delays Verdict From Trial Of Chinese Radicals”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Aug 2017
- Jiang Tianyong, 46, was arrested after working with the country’s detained human rights lawyers, questioning whether they were being tortured, speaking to foreign media and encouraging the public to protest on their behalf.
- Mr Jiang made the confession in a court in the southern city of Changsha and said he regretted his acts and pleaded for the chance to return to his family.2017 August 23, Didi Tang, “Chinese activist Jiang Tianyong ‘confesses’ plot to overthrow the state”, in The Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Nov 2023

Jiang

A surname from Mandarin.
- Since the publication of our 1979 Chinese edition, there has been much progress in this theory. Refer to, for instance, the bibliography in the book by Jiang Boju (Lectures on Nielsen Fixed Point Theory, Cont. Math. ,14, Amer. Math. Soc.) or the forthcoming article by R.F. Brown (Nielsen Fixed...1989, Kiang Tsai-han, “Evaluation of the Nielsen Number”, in The Theory of Fixed Point Classes, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 55
- The confirmation of the Shandong party secretary, Jiang Chunyun, as a deputy prime minister, drew "no" votes or abstentions from a spectacularly large 36 percent of deputies.1995 March 22, Philip Bowring, “In China After Deng, It Appears the Successor May Be Bureaucracy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Nov 2023, Opinion

Jiang

A surname from Mandarin.
- Moreover, the influential legal scholar Jiang Shigong of Peking University has also accused the bank of supporting the “Five Eyes” intelligence agencies of the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand; he says HSBC constitutes a national security threat to China.2020 June 18, John Pomfret, “Just like Zoom, more companies should expect political pressure from China”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Jun 2020, Global...
- Several Beijing law professors earlier served as advisers to the Chinese government’s office in Hong Kong, including Jiang Shigong and Chen Duanhong, both of Peking University. They declined to be interviewed.2020 August 2, Chris Buckley, “‘Clean Up This Mess’: The Chinese Thinkers Behind Xi’s Hard Line”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Aug 2020, Asia Pacific

Jiang

A county of Yuncheng, Shanxi, China.
- It was entirely necessary for the Jiang County People's Procuratorate to bring action against Gao Yuewei and her husband at court in accordance with the law. Like Jiang County in Shanxi Province, other localities should also punish[...]1984, Daily Report: People's Republic of China, numbers 128-139, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 13
- The wholesale vegetable market in Jiang County, Shanxi Province, was formed in the following way. At first, vegetable farmers living close to the county seat gathered along the road to the county trying to sell their vegetables to truckers and passers-by.1998, Kate Xiao Zhou, “Markets: The Currents in the Farmer Sea”, in How the Farmers Changed China: Power of the People, Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 90

Jiang Mengjie is spunky and sweet as a prostitute with a magpie’s eye for gold and a connoisseur’s eye for Third Master.2016 December 8, Jeannette Catsoulis, “Review: You Quit? Think Again, ‘Sword Master’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from...
His father, Jiang Shijun, was an accountant in an electric power company and then a manager of a ferry company.2022 November 30, Chris Buckley, Michael Wines, “Jiang Zemin, Leader Who Guided China Into Global Market, Dies at 96”, in The New York...
Refer to, for instance, the bibliography in the book by Jiang Boju (Lectures on Nielsen Fixed Point Theory, Cont.1989, Kiang Tsai-han, “Evaluation of the Nielsen Number”, in The Theory of Fixed Point Classes, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 55:
Jiang was the capital for the State of Jin, located in today’s Jiang County in Shanxi Province and adjacent to the Fenshui River.2015, Wusan Dai, “Communication Technology”, in Yongxiang Lu, editor, A History of Chinese Science and Technology, volume 3, →ISBN, →LCCN...

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 蔣 /蒋 (Jiǎng). Doublet of Chiang, Chiong, Chionh, and Kiang.

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 江 (Jiāng). Doublet of Chiang and Kiang.

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 姜 (Jiāng). Doublet of Chiang and Kiang.

What does Jiang mean?: Jiang means a surname from Mandarin.
How do you use Jiang in a sentence?: Jiang Mengjie is spunky and sweet as a prostitute with a magpie’s eye for gold and a connoisseur’s eye for Third Master.
What part of speech is Jiang?: Jiang is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Jiang?: Jiang is pronounced /dʒæŋ/.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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