nanking
/nænˈkɪŋ/
nanking is the present participle and gerund of nank.
Proper noun capitalized: Nanking
Nanking
- Alternative form of Nanjing.
- Wherefore he firſt placed his Court at Nanking nee to the bank of that great River of Kiang, which the Chineſſes,in reſpect of the hugh Mountains of water which it diſcharges into the Ocean, call the Son of the Sea :1655, F. Alvarez Semedo, “Bellum Tartaricum”, in The History of That Great and Renowned Monarchy of China, E. Tyler, page 256
- In China the quantity of Ships is innumerable, as the Sand of the Sea : Thoſe which carry Corn only to Peking amounting to 9999 (*) large Ships, ſufficient to carry above thirty or forty thouſand weight : and their paſſage from Nanking to Peking, being ſeven or eight hundred (†) (Italian) Miles...1706, Dionysius Kao, A Short Description of the Vaſt Empire of China, London, page 163
Origin of nanking
From the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 南京, reinforced by Postal Romanization from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ].
Words formed from nanking
- nankeen
- nankeen heron
- nankeen kestrel
- nankeen night heron
- Nanking cherry
- Nankingese
Questions about nanking
- What is nanking the present participle and gerund of?
- Nanking is the present participle and gerund of nank.
- What part of speech is nanking?
- Nanking is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce nanking?
- Nanking is pronounced /nænˈkɪŋ/.
Words near nanking in the dictionary
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