Meanings
alternative Chia-hsing
- A prefecture-level city of Zhejiang, China.
The city of Jiaxing, south of Shanghai, is offering a vaccine under development by Sinovac, it said in an announcement Thursday.
2020 October 16, Huizhong Wu, “China rapidly expands use of experimental COVID-19 vaccines”, in AP News, archived from the original on 21 Oct 20201 more example
After only a brief skirmish on October 17, at Shanghai’s western suburbs, the Chekiang rebels withdrew back to Chiahsing in Chekiang.
[1976, Donald A. Jordan, “The Expedition Moves Eastward: The Kiangsi Campaign”, in The Northern Expedition: China's National Revolution of 1926-1928, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 90–91
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA prefecture-level city of Zhejiang, China.
Origin
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 嘉興/嘉兴 (Jiāxīng).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 嘉興 /嘉兴
- 嘉興 /嘉兴 (gaa¹ hing¹)prefecture-level city in China
Chinese Mandarin 嘉興 /嘉兴
- 嘉興 /嘉兴 (Jiāxīng)prefecture-level city in China
Hungarian Csiahszing
- Csiahszingprefecture-level city in China
Vietnamese Gia Hưng
- Gia Hưngprefecture-level city in China
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Cite this entry
Jiaxing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jiaxing
“Jiaxing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jiaxing. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Jiaxing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jiaxing.
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