Jiangyin
English
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) Chiang-yin
- (dated): Kiangyin
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 江陰/江阴 (Jiāngyīn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒɑŋ.jɪn/
Proper noun
Jiangyin
- A county-level city in Jiangsu, China.
- [1962, Mote, F. W., “The Man of the Green Hill”, in The Poet Kao Chʻi, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 60:
- The leader of a small bandit gang from the county of Chiang-yin on the south bank of the Yangtze fled north to Chang Shih-ch’eng’s camp in 1354 or 1355 to seek his help in putting down a rival.]
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