Jiangyin

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 江陰 / 江阴 (Jiāngyīn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒɑŋ.jɪn/

Proper noun

Jiangyin

  1. A county-level city of Wuxi, Jiangsu, China.
    • [1962, F. W. Mote, “The Man of the Green Hill”, in The Poet Kao Chʻi[1], Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 60:
      The leader of a small bandit gang from the county of Chiang-yin on the south bank of the Yangtze fled north to Chang Shih-ch’eng’s camp in 1354 or 1355 to seek his help in putting down a rival.]
    • [1977 January 21 [1977 January 1], “Kiangsu County CCP Official”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 14 Supp 3, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA, →ISSN, →OCLC, East Region, page 18:
      "A new socialist village like Tachai does not drop from the skies. We built Chiangyin County with our sweat. The 'gang of four' opposed our going all-out as part of their plot to undermine socialist construction." This was said by Wu Jen-pao, secretary of the party committee of Chiangyin County in east China's Kiangsu Province, at the Second National Learn-From-Tachai Conference.]
    • 1989 April 6, Nicholas D. Kristof, “Beijing Journal; Second Thoughts: Laissez Faire or Plain Unfair?”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 November 2010, Section A, page 4‎[3]:
      Mr. Ren, an entrepreneur in the eastern city of Jiangyin, found that the more successful his small factory, the more problems from neighbors jealous of his wealth.

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