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Jinzhu

Syllables: Jin·zhu/d͡ʒɪnˈd͡ʒu/

Jinzhu proper noun: a town in Longtan district, Jilin, Jilin, China.

Proper noun

Jinzhu

  1. A town in Longtan district, Jilin, Jilin, China.
    • IN MID-AFTERNOON on March 8 a stone meteor flamed across Kirin, province and at 15:01:59 hours exploded over Chinchu commune outside the city of Kirin, shaking the earth.[…]Most fragments fell in Tatun commune outside Kirin and Chiangmifeng commune in Yungchi county. Larger ones fell in Chinchu...[1976 August, “Huge Meteorite Shower in Kirin”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXV, number 8, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 38, column 1
  2. A town in Daocheng, Garzê prefecture, Sichuan, China.
    • The Dromi Tsang House (kro me chong) is located in the region of Dabpa (,dab pa), in the village of Sumdu (gsum 'du, chin. Sangdui).[...]Another major town is Dapba (chin. Jinzhu), located some 28 km in the south.2017, Peter Herrle, “Dromi Tsang House in Dabpa”, in Tibetan Houses: Vernacular Architecture of the Himalayas and Environs, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 104

Forms of Jinzhu

alternative formChin-chu

Origin of Jinzhu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 金珠 (Jīnzhū).

Questions about Jinzhu

What does Jinzhu mean?
Jinzhu means a town in Longtan district, Jilin, Jilin, China.
What part of speech is Jinzhu?
Jinzhu is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Jinzhu?
Jinzhu is pronounced /d͡ʒɪnˈd͡ʒu/.

Words near Jinzhu in the dictionary

  1. jinxing
  2. Jinyuan
  3. Jinzhai
  4. Jinzhong
  5. Jinzhou
  6. Jinzhu
  7. jio
  8. jioglutoside
  9. jionoside
  10. jionosides
  11. jip

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