Meanings
JI1
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of John Innes, a generic range of horticultural composts.
JI No 1, JI No 2, etc
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Jemaah Islamiyah, an Islamist militant organization based in Indonesia.
Ji2
- historicalAn ancient settlement in northeastern China within modern Beijing.
Ji3
- A county of Linfen, Shanxi, China.
At a brigade in Ji county in south-eastern Shanxi, not really in mountain country, yields per mou were raised from 56 jin to 194 jin during the 1970s.
1985, Frank Leeming, Rural China Today, Longman, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1263 more examples
Subject of poetry, art and legend, Hukou Waterfall is the second largest falls in China, located on the Yellow River, between Ji County, Shanxi Province and Yichuan County, Shaanixi^([sic – meaning Shaanxi]) Provine^([sic – meaning Province]).
2010, Dong Huai, “Hukou Waterfall”, in Discovering China: 50 Amazing Places in China, Better Link Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 52Apple orchards in the city of Linfen, north China's Shanxi province, have been making steady progress toward a model of sustainable farming, helping create important economic opportunities for local farmers. The orchards are situated in Jixian county, an area well-known for its history of agriculture.
[2020 September 23, Bochen Zhu, “Apple farming in N China embraces long-term sustainability”, in China Internet Information Center, archived from the original on 23 Sep 2020The 34.2 kilometre (21.3 mile) pipeline, which will be built by Qinjin Natural Gas Co, is designed to have annual gas transmission capacity of 3.3 billion cubic metres and connect Ji county in Shanxi and Yichuan county in Shaanxi.
2021 July 5, Muyu Xu, Shivani Singh, “China approves a $55 mln gas pipeline in northern China”, in Louise Heavens, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2021, Energy
Ji4
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounAn ancient settlement in northeastern China within modern Beijing.
proper nounSynonym of Yan, a neighboring state that conquered Ji and then used its capital.
Origin
Ji · proper noun
- Chinese薊 /蓟
- EnglishJi
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 薊 /蓟 (Jì), literally thistle.
More words from Chinese
Full word history & related roots →Ji · proper noun
- Chinese吉
- EnglishJi
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 吉 (Jí), literally "lucky".
More words from Chinese
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 吉
- 吉 (Jí)county
Cite this entry
JI. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/JI
“JI.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/JI. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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