Dianjiang

Dian·jiang
D2I1A1N1J8I1A1N1G2

proper noun

A county of Chongqing, China.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Tien-chiang · alternative Tienchiang

  1. A county of Chongqing, China.

    Dianjiang County is located in the northeast of Chongqing City, in the upstream region of Yangtze River, and is 120km from the downtown of Chongqing.

    2017, Resettlement Plan (Draft), Asian Development Bank, page 15
    2 more examples

    State media said the blast occurred Thursday in Dianjiang, a county in the Chongqing region, killing one worker. Schools were closed and about 6,000 people were evacuated.

    2005 November 27, “Harbin prepares to turn the taps back on”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Nov 2022, Asia Pacific

    In Dianjiang county, Sichuan, a team of eleven people went around torching hundreds of straw huts. 'Destroy Straw Huts in an Evening, Erect Residential Areas in Three Days, Build Communism in a Hundred Days' was the leading slogan.

    2011, Frank Dikötter, Mao's Great Famine, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 53

Origin

  1. Mandarin墊江 /垫江
  2. EnglishDianjiang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 墊江 /垫江 (Diànjiāng).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 墊江 /垫江
  • 墊江 /垫江 (zin³ gong¹)county
Chinese Mandarin 墊江 /垫江
  • 墊江 /垫江 (Diànjiāng)county
Cite this entry
APA

Dianjiang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dianjiang

MLA

“Dianjiang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dianjiang. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dianjiang,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dianjiang.

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