Meanings
jinghu1
- A two-stringed bamboo musical instrument played with a bow, the smallest and highest-pitched in the huqin family of traditional Chinese instruments, associated mainly with the tradition of Beijing opera.
Jinghu2
- A district of Wuhu, Anhui, China.
The people's procuratorate of Jinghu district, Wuhu brought the case against a waste treatment company in neighboring Jiangsu Province.
2018 July 17, “Twelve charged for dumping 2,500 tons of toxic waste in Yangtze River”, in China Tibet Online, archived from the original on 22 Sep 20231 more example
In September 2018, the Jinghu District People’s Court in Wuhu, Anhui Province sentenced 12 people from the Pol Shin Fastener Company between four months and six years in prison for committing serious interprovincial environmental crimes in Jiangsu and Anhui in 2016 and 2017.
2019 March 28, Gillian Zwicker, Jennifer Turner, “Tapping the Power in China’s Municipal Sludge”, in New Security Beat, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2019
Origin
jinghu · noun
- Chinese京胡
- Englishjinghu
Borrowed from Chinese 京胡 (jīnghú).
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Full word history & related roots →Jinghu · proper noun
- Mandarin鏡湖 /镜湖
- EnglishJinghu
From Mandarin 鏡湖 /镜湖 (Jìnghú).
More words from Mandarin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 鏡湖 /镜湖
- 鏡湖 /镜湖 (geng³ wu⁴)district
Chinese Mandarin 鏡湖 /镜湖
- 鏡湖 /镜湖 (Jìnghú)district
Rhymes & wordplay
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