Meanings
- A county of Changzhi, Shanxi, China.
The year 1943, when the army unit was fighting Japanese aggression around Chinyuan county in north China’s Shansi province, was a time of great difficulty.
[1972 December, Kun Chun, “Army Hospital Serves the People”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXI, number 12, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 421 more example
All five workers who were trapped after a roof collapsed at a coal mine in Shanxi province in northern China have been pronounced dead, state-run CCTV reported. The incident occurred Friday at a Fenghuangtai Coal Industry Co. mine in Qinyuan county, China News reported.
2022 August 7, “China Coal Mine Collapse Death Toll Rises to Five Workers”, in Bloomberg News
Origin
- Mandarin沁源
- EnglishQinyuan
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 沁源 (Qìnyuán).
More words from Mandarin
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Chinese Cantonese 沁源
- 沁源 (sam³ jyun⁴)county
Chinese Mandarin 沁源
- 沁源 (Qìnyuán)county
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Qinyuan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Qinyuan
“Qinyuan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Qinyuan. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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