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Jincheng

Syllables: Jin·cheng/d͡ʒɪnˈt͡ʃɛŋ/

Jincheng proper noun: an urban township, the county seat of Kinmen County, Taiwan.

Proper noun (1)

Jincheng

  1. An urban township, the county seat of Kinmen County, Taiwan.
    • Kinmen is the main island, and Jincheng is Kinmen’s main town, offering most of the accommodation and other services. Here you'll also find Jyuguanglou, one of a number of monuments, buildings, and museums glorifying and memorializing the feats of Taiwan’s military against mainland China.2007, Phil Macdonald, “Strait Islands”, in Taiwan, 2nd edition (Travel), National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 200, column 1
    • THE MAN, WHO was calling himself George Chow, took Olivia into Jincheng: a fishing town at the island’s western end.2011, Neal Stephenson, Reamde (Fiction), London: Atlantic Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 511

Proper noun (2)

Jincheng

  1. A prefecture-level city of Shanxi, China.
    • A sprawling, mountainous administrative region in the south of Shanxi province, Jincheng is still dominated by coal. Though many pits have been shut, the craggy landscape bears the scars of decades of excessive mining.2018 November 26, David Stanway, Joseph Campbell, Muyu Xu, Shanghai newsroom, “Smog war casualty: China coal city bears brunt of pollution crackdown”, in Philip McClellan, editor, Reuters, archived...
    • The man, surnamed Chai, from Jincheng city in Shanxi province, was outraged after he discovered the abandoned little puppy, according to Toutiao News.2022 October 31, Liya Su, “Heartwarming tales of man’s best friend: dog finds way home after 6 years, canine’s face scanned to open gate, puppy wrapped in plastic bag rescued”, in South China Morning...

Examples of Jincheng in a sentence

  • At a bohemian restaurant inside the island's biggest town, Jincheng, ukulele instructor Xu Yi Teng, 26, wants to keep the mainland at more than an arm's length.2016 September 11, Rob Schmitz, “On A Rural Taiwanese Island, Modern China Beckons”, in NPR, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2016...
  • In Kinmen County, the sunset would be visible at 5:29pm at Jiangong Islet (建功嶼) at the mouth of the Wujiang River (浯江溪) in Jincheng Township (金城) and at Cih Lake (慈湖).2021 December 28, “Orchid Island to catch first sunrise of new year: CWB”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27...

Forms of Jincheng

alternative formKincheng
alternative formChincheng
alternative formChin-ch'eng

Origin of Jincheng

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 金城 (Jīnchéng).

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 晉城／晋城 (Jìnchéng).

Questions about Jincheng

What does Jincheng mean?
Jincheng means an urban township, the county seat of Kinmen County, Taiwan.
How do you use Jincheng in a sentence?
At a bohemian restaurant inside the island's biggest town, Jincheng, ukulele instructor Xu Yi Teng, 26, wants to keep the mainland at more than an arm's length.
What part of speech is Jincheng?
Jincheng is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Jincheng?
Jincheng is pronounced /d͡ʒɪnˈt͡ʃɛŋ/.

Words near Jincheng in the dictionary

  1. Jina
  2. Jinalinan
  3. Jinan
  4. jincan
  5. Jinchang
  6. Jincheng
  7. Jinchuan
  8. Jincumbilly
  9. Jind
  10. Jindabyne
  11. Jindal

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