Word origins

• 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.
• JiuduanshaA shoal and group of islands in the Yangtze River in Pudong district, Shanghai, 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.
• Ju kilnSynonym of Ru kiln.
• junziA morally ideal person.
• Ju wareSynonym of Ru ware.
• 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.
• KuaijiA mountain near Shaoxing, Zhejiang, in China legendarily associated with Yu the Great.
• KuanchengA district of Changchun, Jilin, China.
• KuandianA Manchu autonomous county in Dandong, Liaoning, China.
• Kuang-chouDated spelling of Guangzhou.
• KuitunSynonym of Kuytun: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
• KumishiSynonym of Kümüx: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
• kung fuA Chinese martial art.
• kung paoA Sichuan dish of chicken, pork, etc. with peanuts, chilis, etc.
• KunjuSynonym of Kunqu.
• KunquA form of Chinese opera that began in the 16th century, during the Ming Dynasty, in the Wu cultural area.
• KuyeSynonym of Sakhalin: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
• LaibinA prefecture-level city of the Guangxi autonomous region, China.
• LaifengA county of Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China.
• LaishanA district of Yantai, Shandong, China.
• LaiwuA district of Jinan, Shandong, China.
• LaiyangA county-level city of Yantai, Shandong, China.
• lamianA type of hand-pulled Chinese noodle.
• LangaoA county of Ankang, Shaanxi, China.