Jiayu

Jia·yu
J8I1A1Y4U1

proper noun

A county of Xianning, Hubei, China.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Kiayü · alternative Chia-yü

  1. A county of Xianning, Hubei, China.

    Vuchang commands over ten Cities, as Vuhang, Vuchang, Kiayu, Puki, Hienning, Cungyang, Tungching, Hingque, Taye, Tungxan.

    [1669 [1665], John Ogilby, transl., An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, translation of original by John Nievhoff (in Dutch), →OCLC, page 14
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    On 17 March, the Chiayu County revolutionary committee held a meeting of responsible persons of units at the county level and the various districts and farms, to convey and implement the directive from the party Central Committee, the State Council, the Military Affairs Committee, and the central Cultural Revolution Group on the urgent launching of an upsurge of spring farming.

    [1968 March 19 [1968 March 18], “Chiayu County Meeting”, in Daily Report: Communist China, number 55, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Wuhan Hupeh Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, page ddd 19

    One was found on Monday in Jiayu county, central Hubei province, four days after the remains of another were recovered from Dongting Lake, a tributary of the Yangtze in central Hunan province,[…]

    2019 November 13, Alice Yan, “Deaths of Chinese finless porpoises on Yangtze River raise questions for conservation and fishermen’s rights”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Nov 2019, Society

Origin

  1. Mandarin嘉魚 /嘉鱼
  2. EnglishJiayu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 嘉魚 /嘉鱼 (Jiāyú).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 嘉魚 /嘉鱼
  • 嘉魚 /嘉鱼 (gaa¹ jyu⁴)county in central China
Chinese Mandarin 嘉魚 /嘉鱼
  • 嘉魚 /嘉鱼 (Jiāyú)county in central China
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“Jiayu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jiayu. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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