Meanings
Jing'an1
Jing'an2
alternative Jingan · alternative Ching-an
- A district of Shanghai, China.
With coffee shops now as their rivals — among them the mammoth 30,000-square-foot storefront of Starbucks Reserve Roastery that opened in 2017 in Shanghai’s Jing’an district — teahouses have had to adapt.
2021 October 12, Ligaya Mishan, “In Shanghai, Teahouses Offer Both Community and Solitude”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Oct 2021, Food Matters1 more example
Residents of a compound in Jing’an district saw the gates of neighboring compounds open over the past month — yet theirs remained locked. On Wednesday, about two dozen gathered at the gate, calling out to speak with a representative.
2022 May 28, Emily Wang Fujiyama, Si Chen, Joe McDonald, “Shanghai lockdown: Residents demand release, and some get it”, in AP News, archived from the original on 27 May 2022
Origin
Jing'an · proper noun
- Mandarin靖安
- EnglishJing'an
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 靖安.
More words from Mandarin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 靖安, 静安
- 靖安county
- 静安District of Shanghai, China
Chinese Mandarin 靖安, 静安
- 靖安county
- 静安 (Jìng'ān)District of Shanghai, China
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Jing'an
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Jing'an. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jing'an
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