Jing'an

English

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒɪŋæn/, /d͡ʒɪŋɑn/
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋæn
  • Rhymes: -æn
  • Rhymes: -ɑːn

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 靖安.

Proper noun

Jing'an

  1. A county of Yichun, Jiangxi, China.
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Etymology 2

The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 靜安 / 静安 (Jìng'ān, literally Quiet & Peaceful) after the most prominent local monastery.

Proper noun

Jing'an

  1. A district of Shanghai, China.
    • 2021 October 12, Ligaya Mishan, “In Shanghai, Teahouses Offer Both Community and Solitude”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 October 2021, Food Matters‎[3]:
      With coffee shops now as their rivals — among them the mammoth 30,000-square-foot storefront of Starbucks Reserve Roastery that opened in 2017 in Shanghai’s Jing’an district — teahouses have had to adapt.
    • 2022 May 28, Emily Wang Fujiyama, Si Chen, Joe McDonald, “Shanghai lockdown: Residents demand release, and some get it”, in AP News[4], archived from the original on 27 May 2022[5]:
      Residents of a compound in Jing’an district saw the gates of neighboring compounds open over the past month — yet theirs remained locked. On Wednesday, about two dozen gathered at the gate, calling out to speak with a representative.
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