Jinzhong

Jin·zhong
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/d͡ʒɪnˈd͡ʒɔŋ/

proper noun

A prefecture-level city of Shanxi, China.

Scrabble 28

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Chin-chung · alternative Chinchung

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

    Eight people were killed and one was missing in a coal mine accident on Aug. 11 in Jinzhong city in Shanxi province, China's largest coal producing region, the report added.

    2017 August 21, Chen Aizhu, “China sacks executives, officials after Shanxi coal mine accident”, in Kim Coghill, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2017, COMMODITIES
    1 more example

    In mid-December, a coronavirus wave that ripped through the city of Jinzhong, in Shanxi Province, overstretched its hospitals. Long lines formed outside smaller village clinics, and medical equipment like beds and ventilators ran short. Dr. Guo Xiaohong, a physician at a clinic in the city, said that many had recovered since then, and that visits to her clinic had declined by half. But the New Year travel rush holds with it the possibility of similar episodes elsewhere — or even again in Jinzhong.

    2023 January 21, Chang Che, John Liu, “China Cautiously Takes to the Road for Lunar New Year”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2023, Asia Pacific

Origin

  1. Mandarin晉中 /晋中
  2. EnglishJinzhong

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 晉中 /晋中 (Jìnzhōng).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 晉中 /晋中
  • 晉中 /晋中 (zeon³ zung¹)prefecture-level city
Chinese Mandarin 晉中 /晋中
  • 晉中 /晋中 (Jìnzhōng)prefecture-level city
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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