Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Neijiang.
On February 7, 1952, I found myself at the Nei-Chiang railroad station in Szechwan.
[1959, Eleutherius Winance, translated by Emeric A. Lawrence, The Communist Persuasion: A Personal Experience of Brainwashing, New York: P. J. Kennedy, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 682 more examples
By 7:00 P.M. we had traveled 210 kilometers and reached this place, called Nei-chiang, a small inland city boasting electric lights but without other modern conveniences.[...] We returned to Nei-chiang in the early afternoon. As it was too late to start out for Chungking, we just sat around here for the rest of the day.
1938 April 5, J. Marvin Weller, edited by Harriet Weller, Caravan Across China, San Francisco, CA: March Hare Publishing, published 1984, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 367, 369Chang Dai-chien was born 10 May 1899, in Nei-chiang, Sichuan, the ninth child of a wealthy family. Resisting a business career, he entered a Buddhist monastery before beginning intensive familiarisation with Chinese calligraphy and painting at the age of 19.
2008, “Court Paintings of The Palace Museum- Beijing”, in Chinese Proverbs: Essence of Ancient Wisdom, 4th edition, FormAsia Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 11
Origin
- Mandarin內江 /内江
- EnglishNei-chiang
From Mandarin 內江 /内江 (Nèijiāng) Wade–Giles romanization: Nei⁴-chiang¹.
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