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Jing'an
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English
Alternative forms
en Jingan
obsolete en Ching-an
Pronunciation
en /d͡ʒɪŋæn/ /d͡ʒɪŋɑn/
jĭng′än′cf. Tsingan or Ching-an 1953 1
en ɪŋæn 2
en æn 2
en ɑːn 2
en Jing an
Etymology 1
Jing'an County
From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 靖安.
Proper noun
en county prefecture-level city/Yichun p/Jiangxi c/China.
Translations
county
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 靖安
Mandarin: cmn 靖安
Japanese: ja
Manchu: mnc ᡤᡳᠩ ᠠᠨ
Further reading
en 1998 Jing'an 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/ 2
Etymology 2
Jing'an District
thumb|250px|Jing'an District in Shanghai
The atonal en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 靜安 Jìng'ān Quiet & Peaceful after the most prominent local monastery.
Proper noun
en district city/Shanghai c/China.
en October 12, 2021 Ligaya Mishan In Shanghai, Teahouses Offer Both Community and Solitude w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20211012120432/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/12/t-magazine/shanghai-teahouses-china.html 12 October 2021 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/12/t-magazine/shanghai-teahouses-china.html 0362-4331 1645522 Food Matters 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.
en May 28, 2022 Emily Wang Fujiyama; Si Chen; Joe McDonald Shanghai lockdown: Residents demand release, and some get it https://web.archive.org/web/20220527123144/https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-china-shanghai-14dfea8660192cf6ec30ab4025e438ae 27 May 2022 w:AP News 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.
Translations
District of Shanghai, China
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 静安
Mandarin: cmn 静安 Jìng'ān
References