Jingjiang

English

Alternative forms

• Ching-chiang (Wade–Giles)
• Tsingkiang (Postal Romanization)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 靖江 (Jìngjiāng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪŋˈd͡ʒ(i)æŋ/

Proper noun

Jingjiang

1. A county-level city in Taizhou, Jiangsu, China.
   • [1975 February, “Deltas”, in China Reconstructs‎^[1], volume XXIV, number 2, Peking: China Welfare Institute, →OCLC, page 38, column 2:

     Chingchiang county was once a large sandy island that became a part of the north shore in the first half of the 17th century. Chungming Island was close to the south shore two centuries ago, but today it is separated from the north shore by only a narrow strip of water and is still moving closer to it.]

   • 2016 April 22, Brenda Goh, Elias Glenn, Beijing newsroom, Michael Martina, Pete Sweeney, “China local government says chemical fire under control, no casualties”, in Ed Davies, editor, Reuters‎^[2], archived from the original on 07 March 2023, EMERGING MARKETS‎^[3]:

     The government of Jingjiang city in China's eastern Jiangsu province said on Friday that a fire at a chemical plant had been put under control and there were no casualties.

Translations

county-level city of Jiangsu, China

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 靖江 (zing⁶ gong¹)

  Mandarin: 靖江 (zh) (Jìngjiāng)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Jingjiang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1450, column 2