Jiaxing

Jia·xing
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proper noun

A prefecture-level city of Zhejiang, China.

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KiahingKia-hingKashing
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Chia-hsing

  1. A prefecture-level city of Zhejiang, China.

    The city of Jiaxing, south of Shanghai, is offering a vaccine under development by Sinovac, it said in an announcement Thursday.

    2020 October 16, Huizhong Wu, “China rapidly expands use of experimental COVID-19 vaccines”, in AP News, archived from the original on 21 Oct 2020
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    After only a brief skirmish on October 17, at Shanghai’s western suburbs, the Chekiang rebels withdrew back to Chiahsing in Chekiang.

    [1976, Donald A. Jordan, “The Expedition Moves Eastward: The Kiangsi Campaign”, in The Northern Expedition: China's National Revolution of 1926-1928, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 90–91

    Synonyms: Kiahing, Kia-hing, Kashing

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA prefecture-level city of Zhejiang, China.

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KiahingKia-hingKashing
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Origin

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 嘉興/嘉兴 (Jiāxīng).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 嘉興 /嘉兴
  • 嘉興 /嘉兴 (gaa¹ hing¹)prefecture-level city in China
Chinese Mandarin 嘉興 /嘉兴
  • 嘉興 /嘉兴 (Jiāxīng)prefecture-level city in China
Hungarian Csiahszing
  • Csiahszingprefecture-level city in China
Vietnamese Gia Hưng
  • Gia Hưngprefecture-level city in China

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Cite this entry
APA

Jiaxing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jiaxing

MLA

“Jiaxing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jiaxing. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Jiaxing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jiaxing.

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