Meanings
- A prefecture-level city of Gansu, in northwestern China.
It happened at 5:18 a.m. as the train negotiated a curve in the city of Jinchang in Gansu province about 1,200 kilometers (750 miles) west of Beijing.
2021 June 4, “Train strikes, kills 9 workers on track in northwest China”, in AP News, archived from the original on 04 Jun 20213 more examples
Jinchang, China's leading nickel producer, in Gansu Province, met its annual electrolytic nickel production target 70 days ahead of schedule, the Jinchuan Nonferrous Metals Company announced today.[…]Jinchang has the second biggest deposits of nickelous sulfide in the world after Canada. The city also has mining, smelting, power and construction industries and facilities for industrial and mining research. Jinchang also produces 20 other metals, including gold, silver, platinum, copper, cobalt, palladium, iridium, ruthenium and rhodium.
1981 December 24 [1981 December 11], “Gansu Electrolytic Nickel Production”, in China Report: Economic Affairs, number 192, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Beijing XINHUA, →OCLC, Mineral Resources, page 63When we reach Jinchang, another forlorn desert town, I change buses for another two-hour ride to the town of Yongchang, a few miles from a village where I’ve heard that locals make some extraordinary claims about their ancestry.
2007, Rob Gifford, China Road: One Man's Journey into the Heart of Modern China, Bloomsbury, published 2008, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 195In Jinchuan District and Lanzhou New District, both in Jinchang, the supermarkets provide "shared products" to residents, where residents can borrow ladders or other tools as needed.
2023 February 4 [2023 January], “Building a Beautiful Home”, in All-China Women's Federation, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2023, Women in Action
Origin
- Mandarin金昌
- EnglishJinchang
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 金昌 (Jīnchāng).
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Chinese Cantonese 金昌
- 金昌 (gam¹ coeng¹)a prefecture-level city in north-western China
Chinese Mandarin 金昌
- 金昌 (Jīnchāng)a prefecture-level city in north-western China
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Jinchang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jinchang
“Jinchang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jinchang. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Jinchang,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jinchang.
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