Tsinkiang
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: jĭnʹjē-ängʹ
Proper noun
[edit]Tsinkiang
- Obsolete form of Jinjiang.
- 1950 December 16, N. Tunnell, “Peanut from Bronchus by Percussion”, in British Medical Journal[1], volume 2, number 4693, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1390:
- The patient, a Chinese boy aged 10 years, was admitted to the Chuanchow General Hospital, Tsinkiang, Fukien, on August 10.
- 1975, Lucile McDonald, The Arab Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta[2], Thomas Nelson Inc., Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 124:
- Each large vessel was accompanied by three smaller ones to tow it in calm weather. The ships were built in Zaytun (present Tsinkiang, about three hundred miles northeast of Hong Kong) and Canton in China and were fitted with sails made of bamboo woven like mats.
- 1981, A Pictorial History of the Republic of China: Its Founding and Development[3], volume II, Taipei: Modern China Press, via Internet Archive, →OCLC, page 525:
- Fan Yuan-yen and his MIG-19 fighter took off from Tsinkiang, Fukien, and arrived at Tainan Airport on July 7, 1977, Fortieth anniversary of China's War of Resistance against Japan.