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Jing
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jing jìng jīng Jìng jǐng
English
Pronunciation
en /ˈd͡ʒɪŋ/ /ˈt͡ʃɪŋ/
jĭng
en ɪŋ 1
Etymology 1
en cmn - 京, as in 京族.
Alternative forms
China en Gin
Noun
An ethnic Vietnamese, in reference to those whose lands are in China.
en Gin in China Kinh in general
Etymology 2
+ River
Jing River
From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of en cmn ^涇, as in 涇河 or 涇水.
Proper noun
en river c/China, a tributary of the Wei.
Translations
river
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue
Mandarin: cmn 涇河, cmn 涇水
Japanese: ja
Further reading
en 1998 Jing River Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/ 2 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 1450 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/1450/ 1 Also called Jing Shui.
Etymology 3
Proper noun
en cmn 井 surname
en cmn 景 surname
en cmn 京 surname
en cmn 荊 surname
en cmn 經 经 surname
en cmn 更 surname
en cmn 敬 surname
en cmn 靖 surname