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Jiangsu
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Jiāngsū
English
Alternative forms
en Kiangsu Kiang-su Kiang Su Keangsoo Keang-soo Kiang-Sou obsolete
en Chiang-su Wade-Giles
en Jiang Su
Etymology
From the en cmn-pinyin -en 1982 Selected Glossary The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China https://archive.org/details/cambridgeencyclo00hook/ Cambridge University Press 0521230993 79-42627 781411242 476, 477 https://archive.org/details/cambridgeencyclo00hook/page/477/ The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin,Chiang-su (Jiangsu) zh 江蘇 romanization of the en cmn 江蘇 Jiangning [i.e., Nanjing] and Suzhou, from the province's two major cities.
Pronunciation
en
jyäng′so͞o′Jiangsu geographical name Jiang·su ˈjyäŋ-ˈsü variants or KiangsuKiangsu or Chiang-su 942 1
jē-äng′so͞o′Kiang·su 383 1
en uː 2
en Jiang su
en
Proper noun
en Q16963en province c/China northeast of the mouth of the Yangtze River Nanjing.
en Nanjing
en February 19, 2022 Huizhong Wu Behind China’s Olympics, the saga of a chained woman unfolds https://web.archive.org/web/20220219074342/https://apnews.com/article/winter-olympics-eileen-gu-technology-sports-beijing-e932524a1ffecf77079468aa6bf0e771 19 February 2022 w:AP News Days before the Lunar New Year holiday began on Feb. 1, a video spread online from a village in Feng county, located in Jiangsu province on the coast.
en 21 October 2023 Explosion at aluminum factory in China claims six lives w:EFE https://web.archive.org/web/20260524111709/https://efe.com/other-news/2023-10-21/explosion-at-aluminum-factory-in-china-claims-six-lives/ https://efe.com/other-news/2023-10-21/explosion-at-aluminum-factory-in-china-claims-six-lives/ May 24, 2026 In 2019, a devastating explosion at a chemical plant in eastern Jiangsu province claimed the lives of 78 people, prompting comprehensive inspections of chemical facilities throughout the country.
Derived terms
en Jiangsunese
Translations
Chinese province
Arabic: ar جْيَانْغْسُو m jyanḡsū
Armenian: hy Ցզյանսու
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 江蘇 gong1 sou1
Eastern Min: cdo 江蘇 Gŏng-sŭ
Hakka: hak 江蘇 Kông-sû
Hokkien: nan-hbl 江蘇 Kang-so͘
Mandarin: cmn 江蘇 Jiāngsū
Czech: cs Ťiang-su
Esperanto: eo Ĝjangsuo
French: fr Jiangsu m
Georgian: ka ძიანსუ
German: de Jiangsu n
Greek: el Τσιανγκσού
Hindi: hi जिआंगसू
Hungarian: hu Csiangszu
Indonesian: id Jiangsu
Japanese: ja 江蘇 こうそ, Kōso
Korean: ko ^장쑤, ko ^강소
Latin: la Chiamsia
Latvian: lv Dzjansu
Lithuanian: lt Dziangsu
Macedonian: mk Џиа́нгсу
Manchu: mnc ᡤᡳᠶᠠᠩᠰᡠ
Polish: pl Jiangsu n
Portuguese: pt Jiangsu m
Russian: ru Цзянсу́ f
Spanish: es Jiangsu
Thai: th เจียงซู
Vietnamese: vi Giang Tô
Zhuang: za Gyanghsuh
See also
References
Further reading
Jiangsu, Kiangsu, Kiang-su, Kiang Su, Keangsoo, Keang-soo, Chiang-su, Kiang-Sou, Jiang Su
en 1998 Jiangsu 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 1446 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/1446/ 2 The name sometimes spelled Kiangsu.
en 2-syllable words
French
Alternative forms
fr Kiang-Sou obsolete
Pronunciation
DJianŋsou
Proper noun
m
fr Jiangsu Q16963
fr Nankin
Portuguese
Proper noun
m
pt Jiangsu Q16963