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Jiangyin

Syllables: Jiang·yin/d͡ʒɑŋ.jɪn/

Jiangyin proper noun: a county-level city of Wuxi, Jiangsu, China.

Proper noun

Jiangyin

  1. A county-level city of Wuxi, Jiangsu, China.
    • The leader of a small bandit gang from the county of Chiang-yin on the south bank of the Yangtze fled north to Chang Shih-ch’eng’s camp in 1354 or 1355 to seek his help in putting down a rival.[1962, F. W. Mote, “The Man of the Green Hill”, in The Poet Kao Chʻi, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 60
    • "A new socialist village like Tachai does not drop from the skies. We built Chiangyin County with our sweat. The 'gang of four' opposed our going all-out as part of their plot to undermine socialist construction." This was said by Wu Jen-pao, secretary of the party committee of Chiangyin County in...[1977 January 21 [1977 January 1], “Kiangsu County CCP Official”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 14 Supp 3, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking...

Forms of Jiangyin

alternative formChiang-yin
alternative formKiangyin

Origin of Jiangyin

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 江陰 /江阴 (Jiāngyīn).

Questions about Jiangyin

What does Jiangyin mean?
Jiangyin means a county-level city of Wuxi, Jiangsu, China.
What part of speech is Jiangyin?
Jiangyin is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Jiangyin?
Jiangyin is pronounced /d͡ʒɑŋ.jɪn/.

Words near Jiangyin in the dictionary

  1. Jiangsu
  2. Jiangsunese
  3. Jiangwan
  4. Jiangxi
  5. Jiangxia
  6. Jiangyin
  7. Jiangyong
  8. Jiangyuan
  9. Jiangzhou
  10. Jianhe
  11. jianhuazi

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