Meanings
Jianchang1
alternative obsolete Keen-chang · alternative obsolete Kienchang
- historicalFormer name of Xichang.
Jianchang2
- A county of Huludao, Liaoning, China.
In Chienchang County, commune members have newly reclaimed 5,800 mou of farmland from mountains and river banks.
[1974 April 23 [1974 April 12], “Liaoning Irrigation Projects”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 79, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA Domestic Service, translation of original in Chinese, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Northeast Region, page L 61 more example
The driver was taken into custody after the crash around noon in the coastal city of Huludao in Liaoning province, said the spokesman for Jianchang county in the city’s suburbs, who declined to give his name as is standard with Chinese bureaucrats.
2018 November 22, “Car strikes crowd at China school, killing 5 and hurting 18”, in AP News, archived from the original on 23 Nov 2018
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Jianchang · proper noun
- Mandarin建昌
- EnglishJianchang
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 建昌 (Jiànchāng, literally “establishing prosperity”).
More words from Mandarin
Full word history & related roots →Jianchang · proper noun
- Mandarin建昌
- EnglishJianchang
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 建昌 (Jiànchāng).
More words from Mandarin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 建昌
- 建昌county
Chinese Mandarin 建昌
- 建昌 (Jiànchāng)county
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Jianchang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jianchang
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