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Jiashi

Syllables: Jia·shi

Jiashi proper noun: synonym of Payzawat: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.

jiashi: synonym of Payzawat: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name
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Proper noun

Jiashi

  1. Synonym of Payzawat: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
    • On 24 February 2003 at 10.03 a.m. local time, a large earthquake (measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale) struck Jiashi county without any warning.2007, Carole Goddard, China (Countries of the World), Evans Brothers, →ISBN, page 16
    • The bus station in Kashgar that services Jiashi was closed August 28 with dozens of people milling around outside, many of whom confirmed that "an incident" had taken place in Jiashi. Some spoke of rumors that Jiashi would remain closed for three days while the investigation took place. Taxi...2008, “Attack in Jiashi Drastically Changes Security Environment”, in 3

Synonyms of Jiashi

Forms of Jiashi

alternative formChia-shih

Origin of Jiashi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 伽師 /伽师 (Jiāshī).

Questions about Jiashi

What does Jiashi mean?
Jiashi means synonym of Payzawat: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
What part of speech is Jiashi?
Jiashi is a proper noun.

Words near Jiashi in the dictionary

  1. jiaozi
  2. jiaozis
  3. Jiaozuo
  4. jiari
  5. Jias
  6. Jiashi
  7. Jiasian
  8. Jiaxian
  9. Jiaxing
  10. Jiayi
  11. Jiayin

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