Longjiang

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Lungchiang

A county of Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China.
Colonel Zhai was born into a poor family in a village in Heilongjiang's Longjiang county, and he might never have realised his dream if not for his mother, who sold toasted sunflower seeds to pay for his education.
2008 September 27, “Zhai Zhigang: long wait to realise dream”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Mar 2024
A former village in Zhejiang, China, now part of Longgang.
Former name of the Jiulong: a river in southern Fujian, China.

Also see

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 龍江 /龙江 (Lóngjiāng), "Dragon River".

More words from Mandarin

Chinese Cantonese 龍江 /龙江, 龍江 /龙江

Chinese Mandarin 龍江 /龙江, 龍江 /龙江

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