Meanings
alternative Chiang-yin · alternative Kiangyin
- A county-level city of Wuxi, Jiangsu, China.
Mr. Ren, an entrepreneur in the eastern city of Jiangyin, found that the more successful his small factory, the more problems from neighbors jealous of his wealth.
1989 April 6, Nicholas D. Kristof, “Beijing Journal; Second Thoughts: Laissez Faire or Plain Unfair?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Nov 2010, Section A, page 42 more examples
The leader of a small bandit gang from the county of Chiang-yin on the south bank of the Yangtze fled north to Chang Shih-ch’eng’s camp in 1354 or 1355 to seek his help in putting down a rival.
[1962, F. W. Mote, “The Man of the Green Hill”, in The Poet Kao Chʻi, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 60"A new socialist village like Tachai does not drop from the skies. We built Chiangyin County with our sweat. The 'gang of four' opposed our going all-out as part of their plot to undermine socialist construction." This was said by Wu Jen-pao, secretary of the party committee of Chiangyin County in east China's Kiangsu Province, at the Second National Learn-From-Tachai Conference.
[1977 January 21 [1977 January 1], “Kiangsu County CCP Official”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 14 Supp 3, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA, →ISSN, →OCLC, East Region, page 18
Origin
- Mandarin江陰 /江阴
- EnglishJiangyin
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 江陰 /江阴 (Jiāngyīn).
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Chinese Cantonese 江陰 /江阴
- 江陰 /江阴 (gong¹ jam¹)county-level city in Jiangsu
Chinese Mandarin 江陰 /江阴
- 江陰 /江阴 (Jiāngyīn)county-level city in Jiangsu
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