Jinjiang

See also: jīnjiǎng and jìnjiǎng

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

Jinjiang

  1. A county-level city in Quanzhou, Fujian, China
    • [1977 September 25, “Reds reported shocked by Fan's defection to Taiwan”, in Free China Weekly, volume XVIII, number 38, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, columns 1, 2:
      Another report said some people in Chinchiang in Fukien province saw Lt. Col. Fan flying along the seashore in the wrong direction and decided something must be happening.]
    • 2018 August 6, “Taiwan’s Kinmen island begins importing water from China”, in AP News, archived from the original on 07 March 2023:
      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.

Synonyms

  • (from Min Nan) Chinkang, Chin-kang, Chin Kang

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