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Jianxi

Syllables: Jian·xi

Jianxi proper noun: a district of Luoyang, Henan, China. Also the misspelling of Jiangxi.

Proper noun

Jianxi

  1. A district of Luoyang, Henan, China.
    • It was decided to build the industrial district in Chienhsi far to the west, where there are fewer ancient tombs than in other places.[1978 May, TANG HSIA, “LOYANG, A City Both Ancient and Young”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXVII, number 5, Peking, →OCLC, page 15, column 3
    • You will normally be lodged at the International Hotel (tel. 7155), Zhongzhou, Xigong district, or at the Friendship Hotel (tel. 22991), 1-6 Xiyuan Road, Jianxi district, in the southwest of the town.1988, John Summerfield, “Luoyang”, in Fodor's People's Republic of China (Fodor's), New York; London: Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 431

Also used as

Jianxi is also the misspelling of Jiangxi.

Examples of Jianxi in a sentence

  • The Three Kingdom jade cup found in a tomb in the Jianxi district is a masterpiece.2009, Miriam Clifford, Cathy Giangrande, Antony White, China: Museums, Odyssey Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 121:
  • The question, given to pupils at 27 primary schools in the district of Jianxi in Luoyang, Henan province, instructed them to watch the video twice before answering four multiple-choice questions.2019 February 14, Michelle Wong, “Huawei video in Chinese school exam sparks product placement row”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN...

Forms of Jianxi

alternative formChien-hsi

Origin of Jianxi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 澗西 /涧西 (Jiànxī).

Questions about Jianxi

What does Jianxi mean?
Jianxi means a district of Luoyang, Henan, China.
How do you use Jianxi in a sentence?
The Three Kingdom jade cup found in a tomb in the Jianxi district is a masterpiece.
What part of speech is Jianxi?
Jianxi is a proper noun.

Words near Jianxi in the dictionary

  1. Jianshi
  2. Jianshih
  3. Jianshui
  4. jianshuiite
  5. jiantizi
  6. Jianxi
  7. Jianyang
  8. jianzhi
  9. jianzi
  10. jiao
  11. jiao zi

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