Meanings
proper noun
- A district of Xuchang, Henan, China.
In 2018 and 2019 Zhang visited the Henan Province village of Huozhuang in Jian’an District, Xuchang City.
2023 May 8, Faith Sutter, “Changing face of Shehuo festival”, in Harvard Gazette, archived from the original on 08 May 2023, Arts1 more example
Commencing in July 2012, the present study was conducted near Zhangpan Town, Jian'an District, Xuchang City, Henan Province (33°59'N, 113°58'E) in the 2017–2018 growing season.
2020, Lifang Wang, Jutao Sun, Juan Kang, Zhiyong Zhang, Zhouping Shangguan, Chenyang Wang, “Influence of nitrogen addition on the changes in nitrogen and carbon fractions in soil profiles of wheat fields”, in Land Degradation & Development, published 2021, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2541
Origin
- Mandarin建安
- EnglishJian'an
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 建安 (Jiàn'ān).
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Chinese Cantonese 建安
- 建安district
Chinese Mandarin 建安
- 建安 (Jiàn'ān)district
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APA
Jian'an. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jian'an
MLA
“Jian'an.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jian'an. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Jian'an,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jian'an.
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