Jinzhou
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒɪnˈd͡ʒoʊ/
Etymology 1
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 金州 (Jīnzhōu).
Proper noun
Jinzhou
Translations
district
Etymology 2
From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of Mandarin 錦州 / 锦州 (Jǐnzhōu).
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Jinzhou
- A prefecture-level city of Liaoning, China.
- 1997 May 10, “Chinese police officer executed for embezzling”, in AP News[2], archived from the original on 02 March 2023[3]:
- Zhao Guoli, vice director of public security for an industrial park in Jinzhou city, was shot Friday after the Supreme People’s Court upheld his death sentence, the newspapers said.
- 2022 December 2, Benjamin Mueller, Alexandra Stevenson, David Pierson, Keith Bradsher, Olivia Wang, “As Officials Ease Covid Restrictions, China Faces New Pandemic Risks”, in The New York Times[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2 December 2022, The Coronavirus Pandemic[5]:
- But there still seemed to be some debate about whether backing down from Covid restrictions was the right approach. In the northeastern city of Jinzhou, in China’s Liaoning province, officials said that they had already begun to loosen some measures but still pushed back on deserting the “zero Covid” strategy.
Descendants
- Translingual: Jinzhousaurus
Translations
prefecture-level city in Liaoning
References
- ^ Shabad, Theodore (1972) “Index”, in China's Changing Map[1], New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 345, 348:
- Chinese place names are listed in three common spelling styles: […] (1) the Post Office system, […] (2) the Wade-Giles system, […] shown after the main entry […] (3) the Chinese Communists' own Pinyin romanization system, which also appears in parentheses […] Chinchow (Chin-chou, Jinzhou), Liaoning Province
Further reading
- “Jinzhou”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- Jinzhou in Encyclopædia Britannica
- “Jinzhou, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “Jinzhou”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Jinzhou”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Jinzhou” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Jinzhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[6], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1452, column 3
Etymology 3
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 晉州 / 晋州 (Jìnzhōu).
Proper noun
Jinzhou
- A county-level city of Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
- 2006 July 7, Keith Bradsher, “Hong Kong cardinal is a thorn to Beijing, a beacon for Vatican - Asia - Pacific - International Herald Tribune”, in The New York Times[7], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 July 2017, Asia Pacific[8]:
- Bishop Jia Zhiguo was detained June 25 by officials from the religious affairs bureau in Jinzhou, a northern city in Hebei Province, said the Cardinal Kung Foundation, based in Stamford, Connecticut.
Translations
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Jinzhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[9], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1452, column 3