Dictionary

Jinsha Jiang en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /-d͡ʒi.æŋ/
• /d͡ʒɪnˈʃɑː ˈd͡ʒjɑŋ/
• jĭn′shä′ jyäng′

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 金沙江 (Jīnshā Jiāng).

Meanings

1. Synonym of Jinsha, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in China.
   • Above Yibin, the river is the River of Golden Sands, the Jinsha Jiang, a tumultuous thousand-mile-long tributary whose wild waters reflect the bandit-ridden heritage of its remote tribes. When it reaches into Qinghai Province and the Tibetan Plateau, the Jinsha Jiang becomes known as the Tongtian Ho — the River to Heaven, whose crystalline waters nourish the nomads at the farthest reach of the Celestial Kingdom. 1989, Richard Bangs, Christian Kallen, “The Yangtze in History”, in Riding the Dragon's Back: The Race to Raft the Upper Yangtze, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 4:
   • Yibin, known as the First Port on the Yangzi, is a small city at the point where the Min Jiang and Jinsha Jiang join to form the Yangzi River. 1988, K. Mark Stevens, George E. Wehrfritz, “Sichuan”, in Paddy Booz, editor, Southwest China: Off the Beaten Track, Passport Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 199:
   • The Reds had no interest in Kunming. The way was open to the Jinsha Jiang, the river of Golden Sands.[…] The first of these targets was the riverside hamlet of Jiaopingdu, as important to me on my route of badges as it had been to the Communists who wanted to cross the Jinsha Jiang there and to the Nationalists who wanted to prevent them. 1993, William Lindesay, “Victory and Punishment at Jiaopingdu”, in Marching with Mao: A biographical journey, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 88–89:

Forms

Deriveds

jinshajiangite

Synonyms

Jinsha

Translations (1)

cmn 金沙江 (river)

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