Jinzhu

Jin·zhu
J8I1N1Z10H4U1
/d͡ʒɪnˈd͡ʒu/

proper noun

A town in Longtan district, Jilin, Jilin, China.

Scrabble 25

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Chin-chu

  1. A town in Longtan district, Jilin, Jilin, China.
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    IN MID-AFTERNOON on March 8 a stone meteor flamed across Kirin, province and at 15:01:59 hours exploded over Chinchu commune outside the city of Kirin, shaking the earth.[…]Most fragments fell in Tatun commune outside Kirin and Chiangmifeng commune in Yungchi county. Larger ones fell in Chinchu commune.

    [1976 August, “Huge Meteorite Shower in Kirin”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXV, number 8, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 38, column 1
  2. A town in Daocheng, Garzê prefecture, Sichuan, China.

    The Dromi Tsang House (kro me chong) is located in the region of Dabpa (,dab pa), in the village of Sumdu (gsum 'du, chin. Sangdui).[...]Another major town is Dapba (chin. Jinzhu), located some 28 km in the south.

    2017, Peter Herrle, “Dromi Tsang House in Dabpa”, in Tibetan Houses: Vernacular Architecture of the Himalayas and Environs, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 104

Origin

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 金珠 (Jīnzhū).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 金珠
  • 金珠town in west China
Chinese Mandarin 金珠
  • 金珠 (Jīnzhū)town in west China
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