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Jinjiang en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /d͡ʒɪnˈd͡ʒ(i)æŋ/ hyperforeign
• /tʃɪnˈtʃ(i)æŋ/
• jĭn′jyäng′

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 晉江 /晋江 (Jìnjiāng, “Jin River”).

Meanings

1. A county-level city of Quanzhou, Fujian, China.
   • The Taiwanese-controlled island of Kinmen located just off the Chinese coast has begun importing water from its neighbor via a pipeline despite heightened tensions between Beijing and Taipei. Water from Jinjiang in China’s Fujian province began flowing through the 16-kilometer (10-mile)-long pipeline Sunday under a 30-year contract. 2018 August 6, “Taiwan’s Kinmen island begins importing water from China”, in AP News, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2023:
   • Social media video showed eletrical power lines sparking and bursting into flames as winds thrashed Jinjiang, a city of two million, while in Quanzhou massive trees were uprooted and left in the middle of roads. 2023 July 28, Bernard Orr, Yimou Lee, “Typhoon Doksuri destroys power lines, closes factories as it rips into China”, in Michael Perry, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2023, Asia Pacific:
   • Jinhua and others are spending big to get there. In Jinjiang, a city in Fujian Province once known as a shoe-manufacturing center, Jinhua’s new factory is almost finished. Rising five stories and stretching several football fields long, the structure boasts 100,000 square feet of new office space. 2018 June 22, Paul Mozur, “Inside a Heist of American Chip Designs, as China Bids for Tech Power”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Jun 2018, Technology:

Forms

Synonyms

Chin-kang · Chin Kang · Chinkang (from Hokkien)

Translations (5)

yue 晉江 /晋江 (county-level city in Fujian) · hu Csincsiang (county-level city in Fujian) · cmn 晉江 /晋江 (county-level city in Fujian) · nan-hbl 晉江 /晋江 (county-level city in Fujian) · vi Tấn Giang (county-level city in Fujian)