Jinzhu

See also: jīnzhū, jīnzhǔ, and jìnzhù

English

Alternative forms

• Chin-chu (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 金珠 (Jīnzhū).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪnˈd͡ʒu/

Proper noun

Jinzhu

1. A town in Longtan district, Jilin, Jilin, China.
   • [1976 August, “Huge Meteorite Shower in Kirin”, in China Reconstructs‎^[1], volume XXV, number 8, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 38, column 1:

     IN MID-AFTERNOON on March 8 a stone meteor flamed across Kirin, province and at 15:01:59 hours exploded over Chinchu commune outside the city of Kirin, shaking the earth. […] Most fragments fell in Tatun commune outside Kirin and Chiangmifeng commune in Yungchi county. Larger ones fell in Chinchu commune.]

2. A town in Daocheng, Garzê prefecture, Sichuan, China.
   • 2017, Peter Herrle, “Dromi Tsang House in Dabpa”, in Tibetan Houses: Vernacular Architecture of the Himalayas and Environs‎^[2], →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 104:

     The Dromi Tsang House (kro me chong) is located in the region of Dabpa (,dab pa), in the village of Sumdu (gsum 'du, chin. Sangdui).[...]Another major town is Dapba (chin. Jinzhu), located some 28 km in the south.

Translations

town in west China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 金珠 (Jīnzhū)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can