Nanjing

Nánjīng English thumb|right|250px|The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing (2011) thumb|right|250px|Jiangnan Province—as "Nanking or Kiangnan"—from Martino Martini's 1655 Novus Atlas Sinensis Alternative forms en Nanking dated or historical en Nan-ching Nanching en Nankin Nanquin obsolete Etymology The atonal en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 南京 Nánjīng, composed of zh 南 south, southern and zh 京 capital, distinguishing it from Beijing to the north, and first applied informally during the reign of the Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who preferred to rule from Beijing but was obliged to treat Nanjing as a secondary capital by the dynastic injunctions of his father the Hongwu Emperor. The name continued a practice of several preceding dynasties—especially those of nomadic conquerers from the north such as the Jin and Liao—of maintaining a number of separate capitals designated by their cardinal directions. Pronunciation en /nænˈd͡ʒɪŋ/ /nɑnˈd͡ʒɪŋ/, nänʹjǐngʹ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Nanjing.wav Southern England en Nan jing Proper noun en major subprovincial city/provincial capital p/Jiangsu c/China on the lower Yangtze ; a former capital of China. en 1625 w:Samuel Purchas Pvrchas His Pilgrimes https://www.google.com/books/edition/Purchas_His_Pilgrimes/BuXnOBZpHc8C III London 219967499 340 That Riuer of Nanquin which I called (Yamſu or) Ianſu, the ſonne of the Sea, goeth Northward to Nanquin, and then returning ſomewhat Southward, runneth into the Sea with great force; fortie myles from which it paſſeth by Nanquin. And that from hence to Pequin there might bee paſſage by Riuers, the Kings of China haue deriued a large Channell from this to another Riuer, called the Yellow Riuer, ſuch being the colour of that troubled water. This is the other famous Riuer of that Kingdome, in greatneſſe and note, which ariſesth without the Kingdome to the Weſt, out of the Hill Cunlun, conjectured to bee the ſame whence Ganges ariſeth, or one neere to it. on en 12/13/2014 China's Xi: Nanjing massacre undeniable https://web.archive.org/web/20160425104411/https://www.dw.com/en/chinas-xi-nanjing-massacre-undeniable/a-18126752 25 April 2016 https://www.dw.com/en/chinas-xi-nanjing-massacre-undeniable/a-18126752 w:Deutsche Welle Asia For the first time on Saturday, China held a national day of remembrance on the 77th anniversary of Japanese atrocities committed in the city of Nanjing in the run-up to World War II. President Xi Jinping led the commemorations in front of a crowd of some 10,000 people, among whom were survivors or relatives of victims of the "Rape of Nanking," a six-week reign of terror during which the Imperial Japanese Army carried out mass killings and rapes. en 28 March 2016 Taiwanese semiconductor company announces large investment in China https://web.archive.org/web/20220908223107/https://www.efe.com/efe/english/business/taiwanese-semiconductor-company-announces-large-investment-in-china/50000265-2879442 08 September 2022 w:EFE Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) chairman Morris Chang will sign a contract with the government of the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing to carry out the largest Taiwanese investment in China, Taiwan's Central News Agency (CNA) reported today. en en historical informal en Jiangnan, en Nanzhili, en Liangjiang, etc. as imperial Chinese provinces or viceroyalties administered from Nanjing. en historical Various other Chinese cities during periods when they acted as a southern capital of a kingdom or imperial dynasty. Synonyms capital of Jiangsu en Jiangning historical capital of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom en Tianjing, en T'ien-ching historical Coordinate terms en Beijing Derived terms Nanjing cherry Nanjinger Nanjingese Translations Chinese city Arabic: ar نَانْجِينْغ m nanjinḡ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 南京 naam4 ging1 Hakka: hak 南京 Nàm-kîn Hokkien: nan-hbl 南京 Lâm-kiaⁿ Mandarin: cmn 南京 Nánjīng Esperanto: eo Nankingo French: fr Nankin German: de Nanking Hindi: hi नानजिंग f Hungarian: hu Nanking, hu Nancsing Italian: it Nanchino f Japanese: ja 南京 なんきん, Nankin, ja 金陵 きんりょう, Kinryō Kazakh: kk Нанжің, kk Нәнжің Korean: ko ^난징, ko 남경(南京) Namgyeong Latin: la Nanchinum Macedonian: mk Нанџинг m Manchu: mnc ᠨᠠᠨ ᡤᡳᠩ Polish: pl Nankin m-in Portuguese: pt Nanquim Russian: ru Нанки́н m, ru Наньцзи́н m transliteration Spanish: es Nankín f Telugu: te నాంకింగు Thai: th หนานจิง nǎan-jing Turkish: tr Nankin Uyghur: ug نەنجىڭ Vietnamese: vi Nam Kinh (vi 南京) Zhuang: za Namzging, za Nanzgingh Further reading pn