Dongjin

See also: Dōngjìn

English

Alternative forms

• Tung-chin (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for the Mandarin 東津 / 东津 (Dōngjīn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔŋ.d͡ʒɪn/, /dɒŋ-/, Chinese-like /tʊŋ.t͡ʃin/, /-t͡ʃɪn/

Proper noun

Dongjin

1. A town in Xiangzhou district, Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
   • 1994, Chün-fang Yü, “Guanyin: The Chinese Transformation of Avalokiteshvara”, in Marsha Weidner, editor, Latter Days of the Law: Images of Chinese Buddhism‎^[1], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 161:

     The one housed in the Tianxian Monastery, a nunnery in Dongjin, Xiangyang, was also made "by a human manifestation of the Great Compassionate One."

   • 2019, The City after Chinese New Towns: Spaces and Imaginaries from Contemporary Urban China‎^[2], →DOI, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 86:

     Xiangyang: Dongjin New District
     The new Dongjin (Fig. 6) is an ambitious urban reconfiguration project for a relatively small centre on the secondary north-south link with Chongqing in the central Hebei Province; it is slowly taking shape based on individual compounds built and promoted by real estate developers. […] Thanks to Dongjin, the urban population in Xiangyang in 2012 was recorded as being 53% - in line with national objectives.

   • 2020, Wenjuan Huang, Yang Liu, ““Design-Led Space” Series Show Flat Design -Taking Dongjin Century City in Xiangyang as AnExample”, in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science‎^[3], →DOI, page 2:

     Taking the show flat design of Dongjin Century City in Dongjin New District, Xiangyang City, Hubei Province as an example, Dongjin Century City, as the first batch of large-scale building groups in Dongjin New District, covers a total area of more than 2,600 acres, with an overall floorage of 6 million square meters, including 4.8 million square meters of fine decorated residences, independent shopping centers, super high-rise five-star hotels, office and apartment business clusters, commercial blocks, one stop brand education and community health centers.

   • 2022 November 1, “First highway tunnel in Hanjiang River opens”, in Luo Pan, editor, China News Service‎^[4], archived from the original on 01 November 2022‎^[5]:

     Travel time from Dongjin to Fancheng in Xiangyang City will soon be shortened from 45 minutes to less than 10 minutes.

Translations

town in central China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 東津 / 东津 (Dōngjīn)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can