Meanings
proper noun
- A county of Tongren, Guizhou, China.
Wearing yellow pyjamas and lying flat on his back with arms crossed, the small boy fits perfectly on top of the dangerously high window canopy outside his family’s flat in Jiangkou county, Guizhou province.
2018 May 4, Louise Moon, “Firefighters rescue boy sleeping on 5th floor window ledge”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 May 2018, China/People & Culture
Origin
- Mandarin江口
- EnglishJiangkou
From Mandarin 江口 (Jiāngkǒu).
More words from Mandarin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 江口
- 江口 (gong¹ hau²)county
Chinese Mandarin 江口
- 江口 (Jiāngkǒu)county
Cite this entry
APA
Jiangkou. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jiangkou
MLA
“Jiangkou.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jiangkou. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Jiangkou,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jiangkou.
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