English words from Mandarin
- jianhuaziSimplified Chinese.
- JianliA county of Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
- JianningA county of Sanming, Fujian, China.
- Jian'ouA county-level city of Nanping, Fujian, China.
- JianshiA county of Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China.
- JianshuiA county of Honghe prefecture, Yunnan, China.
- jiantiziSimplified Chinese.
- JianxiA district of Luoyang, Henan, China.
- JianyangA district and former county of Nanping, Fujian, China.
- jianzhiChinese traditional paper cutting.
- jianziA traditional Chinese sport in which players try to keep a weighted shuttlecock in the air with their bodies, usually by kicking.
- JiaochengA county of Lüliang, Shanxi, China.
- JiaoheA county-level city of Jilin, Jilin, China.
- JiaojiangA district of Taizhou, Zhejiang, China.
- JiaokouA county of Lüliang, Shanxi, China.
- JiaoxiA rural township in Yilan County, Taiwan.
- JiaozhouA county-level city of Qingdao, Shandong, China.
- JiaozuoA prefecture-level city of Henan, China.
- JiashiSynonym of Payzawat: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
- JiayinA county of Yichun, Heilongjiang, China.
- JiayuA county of Xianning, Hubei, China.
- JidongA county of Jixi, Heilongjiang, China.
- jiedushiA regional military governor in China during the Tang dynasty and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.
- JiefangA district of Jiaozuo, Henan, China.
- JiexiA county of Jieyang, Guangdong, China.
- JiexiuA county-level city of Jinzhong, central Shanxi, China.
- JiguanA district of Jixi, Heilongjiang, China.
- JiliA district of Luoyang, Henan, China.
- Jin'anA district of Lu'an, Anhui, China.
- JinchangA prefecture-level city of Gansu, in northwestern China.
- JinchuanA district of Jinchang, Gansu, in northwestern China.
- Jing'anA county of Yichun, Jiangxi, China.
- JingangSynonym of Kumgang: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
- JingangshanSynonym of Jingang (Kumgang)
- JingbianA county of Yulin, Shaanxi, China.
- JingchuanA county of Pingliang, Gansu, China.
- JinggangshanA county-level city of Ji'an, Jiangxi, China.
- JingguA Dai and Yi Autonomous County in Pu'er, Yunnan, China.
- JinghaiA district of Tianjin, China.
- jinghuA two-stringed bamboo musical instrument played with a bow, the smallest and highest-pitched in the huqin family of traditional Chinese instruments, associated mainly with the tradition of Beijing opera.
- JingjiangA county-level city of Taizhou, Jiangsu, China.
- JingmenA prefecture-level city of Hubei, China.
- JingningA county of Pingliang, Gansu, China.
- JingshanA county of Jingmen, Hubei, China.
- jingxiPeking opera
- JingxinA town in Hunchun, Yanbian prefecture, Jilin, China, formerly a township and before that a people's commune.
- JingyangA county of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.
- JingyuA county of Baishan, Jilin, China.
- JingzhaoAdministrative and geographic division in the eastern vicinity of Chang'an (present-day Xi'an), Shaanxi, China.
- JingzheThe “Waking of Insects”; the Chinese third solar term — a “month” lasting from the fifth to the twentieth days of March.
- jinnanA district of Tianjin, China.
- JinningA rural township in Kinmen County, Taiwan.
- JinpingA Miao, Yao, and Dai autonomous county in Honghe prefecture, Yunnan, China.
- jinshi“advanced” or “entered graduate”, a scholar who had successfully passed the highest level of the Chinese imperial examinations (殿試), usually held triennially at the imperial court.
- JinshuiA district of Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
- JintaA county of Jiuquan, Gansu, China.
- JintaiA district of Baoji, Shaanxi, China.
- JintanA district of Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.
- JinwanA district of Zhuhai, Guangdong, China.
- JinxiA county of Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China.
- JinxianA county of Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
- JinyuanA district of Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
- JinzhaiA county of Lu'an, Anhui, China.
- JinzhongA prefecture-level city of Shanxi, China.
- JishanA county of Yuncheng, Shanxi, China.
- JishouA county-level city of Xiangxi prefecture, Hunan, China.
- JishuiA county of Ji'an, Jiangxi, China.
- JiulongA river in southern Fujian, China.
- JiulongpoA district of Chongqing, China.
- JixiA prefecture-level city of Heilongjiang, China.
- JiyangA district of Sanya, Hainan, China.
- JiyuanA sub-prefectural city of Henan, China.
- JizeA county of Handan, Hebei, China.
- JizhouA district of Tianjin, China.
- junziA morally ideal person.
- KaichengSynonym of Kaesong: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
- KaifuA district of Changsha, Hunan, China.
- KailuA county of Tongliao, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China.
- kaishuA Chinese script style that is the most common style used in modern text.
- KaixianSynonym of Kaizhou.
- KaiyangA county of Guiyang, Guizhou, China.
- KaiyuanA county-level city of Honghe prefecture, Yunnan, China.
- KaizhouA district of Chongqing, China.
- KandingA rural township in Pingtung County, Taiwan.
- KangbashiA district of Ordos, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China.
- KangdingA county-level city of Garzê, Sichuan, southwest China.
- KangjuA former kingdom in Central Asia, known to the Chinese in antiquity and today identified as Sogdiana.
- KangleA county of Linxia, Gansu, China.
- kaoliangA sorghum-based variety of baijiu.
- KejiaSynonym of Hakka.
- KelamayiSynonym of Karamay: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
- kepingSynonym of Kalpin: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
- KeshanA county of Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China.
- khanhooA Chinese card game of the draw-and-discard type.
- konghouA plucked stringed instrument (chordophone) with a harp-like construction, originating in ancient Chinese music as a horizontal instrument but now made to be played vertically, and with strings that are double to allow for techniques like vibrato.
- KongtongA district of Pingliang, Gansu, China.
- KongziSynonym of Confucius.
- K'o-shihSynonym of Kashgar.
- KouhuA rural township in Yunlin County, Taiwan
- kouxianA type of mouth harp, of Chinese origin, usually made of bamboo or sometimes brass, and often consisting of more than one lamellae.