Jinzhou

See also: Jīnzhōu, Jǐnzhōu, and Jìnzhōu

English

Alternative forms

• Chin-chou (Wade–Giles)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪnˈd͡ʒoʊ/

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 錦州 / 锦州 (Jǐnzhōu).

Alternative forms

• Chinchow

Proper noun

Jinzhou

1. A prefecture-level city in Liaoning, China.
   • 1997 May 10, “Chinese police officer executed for embezzling”, in AP News‎^[1], archived from the original on 02 March 2023‎^[2]:

     Zhao Guoli, vice director of public security for an industrial park in Jinzhou city, was shot Friday after the Supreme People’s Court upheld his death sentence, the newspapers said.

Descendants

• Translingual: Jinzhousaurus

Translations

prefecture-level city in Liaoning

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 錦州 / 锦州 (gam² zau¹)

  Mandarin: 錦州 / 锦州 (zh) (Jǐnzhōu)

Further reading

• “Jinzhou”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• Jinzhou in Encyclopædia Britannica
• “Jinzhou, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Jinzhou”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Jinzhou”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Jinzhou” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Jinzhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[3], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1452, column 3

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 晉州 / 晋州 (Jìnzhōu).

Proper noun

Jinzhou

1. A county-level city in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
   • 2006 July 7, Keith Bradsher, “Hong Kong cardinal is a thorn to Beijing, a beacon for Vatican - Asia - Pacific - International Herald Tribune”, in The New York Times‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 July 2017, Asia Pacific‎^[5]:

     Bishop Jia Zhiguo was detained June 25 by officials from the religious affairs bureau in Jinzhou, a northern city in Hebei Province, said the Cardinal Kung Foundation, based in Stamford, Connecticut.

Translations

county-level city in Hebei

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 晉州 / 晋州 (Jìnzhōu)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Jinzhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1452, column 3