Jinjiang

See also: jīnjiǎng and jìnjiǎng

English

Alternative forms

• Chin-chiang, Chinchiang (Wade–Giles)
• Tsinkiang (dated)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪnˈd͡ʒ(i)æŋ/

Proper noun

Jinjiang

1. A county-level city in Quanzhou, Fujian, China
   • [1976, Robert J. Bolton, “The Minnan Chinese - An Overview A Vignette”, in Treasure Island: Church Growth Among Taiwan's Urban Minnan Chinese [寶島]‎^[1], South Pasadena, Cali.: William Carey Library, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 20:

     Jacques Amoyt in his volume The Manila Chinese traced Fukienese in the Philippines as originating from six hsien - Chinchiang, Nanan, Huian, T'ungan, Anch'i and Yungch'un and from the cities of Amoy (Hsiamen) and Chinchiang, formerly known as Ch'uanchou. Chinchiang hsien alone contains the ancestral homes of at least 50 percent of the emigrants.]

   • [1977 September 25, “Reds reported shocked by Fan's defection to Taiwan”, in Free China Weekly‎^[2], 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 June 22, Paul Mozur, “Inside a Heist of American Chip Designs, as China Bids for Tech Power”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on June 22, 2018, Technology‎^[4]:

     Jinhua and others are spending big to get there. In Jinjiang, a city in Fujian Province once known as a shoe-manufacturing center, Jinhua’s new factory is almost finished. Rising five stories and stretching several football fields long, the structure boasts 100,000 square feet of new office space.

   • 2018 August 6, “Taiwan’s Kinmen island begins importing water from China”, in AP News‎^[5], archived from the original on 07 March 2023‎^[6]:

     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 Hokkien) Chinkang, Chin-kang, Chin Kang

Translations

county-level city in Fujian

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 晉江 / 晋江 (zeon³ gong¹)

  Hokkien: 晉江 / 晋江 (Chìn-kang)

  Mandarin: 晉江 / 晋江 (zh) (Jìnjiāng)

• Hungarian: Csincsiang (hu)
• Vietnamese: Tấn Giang

Anagrams

• Jiangjin