Jinchuan

English

Alternative forms

• Chin-ch'uan (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 金川 (Jīnchuān).

Pronunciation

• (anglicized) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪnˈt͡ʃwɑn/, (emulating Chinese) /d͡ʒin-/

Proper noun

Jinchuan

1. A district of Jinchang, Gansu, in northwestern China.
   • 2023 February 4 [2023 January], “Building a Beautiful Home”, in All-China Women's Federation‎^[1], archived from the original on 08 March 2023, Women in Action‎^[2]:

     In Jinchuan District and Lanzhou New District, both in Jinchang, the supermarkets provide "shared products" to residents, where residents can borrow ladders or other tools as needed.

2. A county of Ngawa prefecture, Sichuan, China.
   • [1976 [1976 March 3], Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East - Part 3‎^[3], British Broadcasting Company, sourced from Chengtu, Szechwan provincial service, →ISSN, →OCLC, Abstract of report:

     Chinchuan County CCP Committee in APA Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture has taken the class struggle as the key link, persisted in the Party's basic line and led the people throughout the county to seriously learn the basic experiences of Tachai and […]]

   • 2020 November 15, Elsie Chen, “Her Abuse Was a ‘Family Matter,’ Until It Went Live”, in The New York Times‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 November 2020‎^[5]:

     The police in Jinchuan County, where she lived, are investigating Ms. Lhamo’s ex-husband on suspicion that he doused her with gasoline and set her on fire. […]
     Wan Miaoyan, a women’s rights lawyer in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, said she hoped the backlash from Ms. Lhamo’s case would result in better enforcement of the law. […]
     An employee at the Jinchuan County Women’s Federation confirmed that Ms. Lhamo had visited the office and said there was an investigation underway.

Translations

a district of Jinchang, Gansu, China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 金川 (zh) (Jīnchuān)

county in Sichuan, China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 金川 (zh) (Jīnchuān)

• Manchu: ᡤᡳᠨ
  ᠴᡠᠸᠠᠨ (gin cuwan)
• Tibetan: ཆུ་ཆེན (chu chen)