Chinchai

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A form of Jinzhai — A county of Lu'an, Anhui, China.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Jinzhai.

    the people of chinchai county in anhwei province, have built hundreds of hydraulic power stations and scores of reservoirs.

    1972 October [1972 October 6], Survey of China Mainland Press, numbers 5227-5248, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 133
    2 more examples

    The Tuanshan Primary School in the Hsichuang Commune, Chinchai County, is situated on the top of Tuanshan Mountain, in the old revolutionary base of the Tapieh Mountain area.

    1968 November-December, “Nine Poor Peasant Household Run Their Own School”, in Eastern Horizon, volume VII, number 6, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 62

    Near the Meishan Reservoir, in Chinchai County a new town, Meishan, arose in what originally was a thorn-covered gully where wild beasts roamed.

    1974, Lu Tung, “The Tapieh Mountains in Western Anhwei”, in China Pictorial, number 3, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 20

Origin

  1. Mandarin金寨
  2. EnglishChinchai

From Mandarin 金寨 (Jīnzhài) Wade–Giles romanization: Chin¹-chai⁴.

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