Jiang'an

See also: jiāng'àn

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 江岸 (Jiāng'àn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒɑŋ.ɑn/

Proper noun

Jiang'an

  1. A district of Wuhan, Hubei, China, part of Hankou
    • [1974 April, “Wuhan—A City of Revolutionary Tradition”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXIII, number 4, Peking, →OCLC, page 32, column 2:
      The General Trade Union of the Peking-Hankow Railroad which organized the strike had its headquarters at the Chiangan Station in Hankow. On February 7, the reactionaries massacred the workers at the station. A memorial hall now stands on the spot. Visitors are invariably moved by the words which Lin Hsiang-chien, chairman of the Chiangan branch of the union and strike leader, spit in the face of his executioners, “You can chop my head off or bleed me to death, but the strike will not be called off!”]
    • 1983, Kuan, Yu-Chien; Petra Häring-Kuan, Magnificent China: A Guide to Its Cultural Treasures [中國文化及名勝指南], First American edition, San Francisco: China Books & Periodicals, Inc, published 1987, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 300, column 1:
      On February 7th, Wu Peifu put a savage end to the strike. The most serious conflicts were concentrated in Zhengzhou, Jiang'an in Hubei and Changxindian in Beijing.
    • 1991, Van de Ven, Hans J., From Friend to Comrade: the Founding of the Chinese Communist Party, 1920-1927, University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 112:
      Several bang provided the labor for the Peking-Hankow Railroad. In the workshop in Jiang'an near Hankow, for instance, workers belonged either to the Hubei, Tianjin, or Guangdong bang.⁵⁹
    • 1995, Wang, Shaoguang, Failure of Charisma: the Cultural Revolution in Wuhan, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 24:
      Hankou’s industries were concentrated either on the outskirts of Jiang’an District or in Qiaokou District.
    • 2010 November 26, “Talent show star killed in plastic surgery mishap”, in Beijing Today, number 494, →OCLC, page 3, column 1:
      Wang Bei, once a contestant on the popular talent show Super Girl, died November 15 while under anesthesia, said a spokesman for the health bureau of Jiang’an District, Wuhan City.

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