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江
jiāng
What 江 means
- river
Other readings
Example sentences
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他住在松江七年了。He lived in Matsue for seven years.
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我是在浙江出生的。I was born in Zhejiang.
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江山易改，本性难移。Jiāngshānyìgǎi, běnxìngnányí.A leopard never changes its spots.
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我的家与他的隔着一条江。Wǒ de jiā yǔ tā de gé zhe yī tiáo jiāng.My home is separated from his by a river.
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在江户时代赏月的宴会非常受欢迎。Zài Jiānghù shídài shǎngyuè de yànhuì fēicháng shòuhuānyíng.In the Edo period, moon-viewing parties were very popular.
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长江是亚洲的最长江，6380公里。Cháng Jiāng shì Yàzhōu de zuì cháng jiāng, liù qiān sān bǎi bā shí gōnglǐ.The Yangtze, at 6,380 km, is Asia's longest river.
Words starting with 江
- 江泽民Jiāng Zé mínJiang Zemin (1926–2022), politician, president of PRC 1993–2003
- 江湖jiāng húrivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat…
- 江南Jiāng nánregion of China immediately south of the lower Yangtze River, including Shanghai and…
- 江青Jiāng QīngJiang Qing (1914-1991), Mao Zedong's fourth wife and leader of the Gang of Four
- 江山jiāng shānrivers and mountains; landscape; country
- 江苏省Jiāng sū ShěngJiangsu Province, capital Nanjing 南京市
- 江水jiāng shuǐriver water
- 江边jiāng biānriver bank
- 江河jiāng hériver
- 江浙Jiāng ZhèJiangsu and Zhejiang (abbr. for 江苏
- 江西省Jiāng xī ShěngJiangxi Province, capital Nanchang 南昌市
- 江面jiāng miànthe surface of the river
- 江户Jiāng hùEdo (old name of Tokyo)
- 江流jiāng liúriver; river flow; current
- 江心jiāng xīnmiddle of a river
- 江平Jiāng PíngJiang Ping (1920-), academic lawyer, writer on ethnicity and legal systems
- 江浦Jiāng pǔJiangpu county, old name of Pukou district 浦口区
- 江源jiāng yuánriver source
- 江米jiāng mǐpolished glutinous rice
- 江轮jiāng lúnriver steamer
- 江北区Jiāng běi QūJiangbei, a district of Ningbo City 宁波市
- 江南区Jiāng nán QūJiangnan, a district of Nanning City 南宁市
- 江南省Jiāng nán shěngname of Qing dynasty province covering south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang…
- 江原道Jiāng yuán dàoGangwon Province of Korea during Joseon Dynasty; Kangwon province of North Korea…
Words containing 江
- 长江Cháng JiāngYangtze River, or Chang Jiang
- 浙江省Zhè jiāng ShěngZhejiang Province, capital Hangzhou 杭州市
- 黑龙江省Hēi lóng jiāng ShěngHeilongjiang Province, capital Harbin 哈尔滨市
- 宋江Sòng JiāngSong Jiang, a principal hero of the novel Water Margin 水浒传
- 珠江Zhū jiāngPearl River (Guangdong)
- 松花江Sōng huā jiāngSonghua River in Jilin province 吉林省 through Harbin 哈尔滨
- 沪江Hù jiāngalternative name for Shanghai 上海
- 漓江Lí jiāngRiver Li, Guangxi
- 浙江大学Zhè jiāng Dà xuéZhejiang University
- 黄浦江Huáng pǔ JiāngHuangpu River, major river flowing through Shanghai, dividing the city into Puxi 浦西
- 湘江Xiāng jiāngthe Xiangjiang river in Hunan province
- 松江Sōng jiāngSongjiang suburban district of Shanghai
- 大江南北Dà jiāng nán běinorth and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom); (fig.) all over China
- 西江Xī jiāngXijiang River
- 珠江三角洲Zhū jiāng Sān jiǎo zhōuPearl River Delta (PRD)
- 金沙江Jīn shā JiāngJinsha River, the upper course of the Yangtze River 长江
- 都江堰Dū jiāng yànDujiangyan in Sichuan, a famous water engineering project and World Heritage Site…
- 鸭绿江Yā lù JiāngYalu River, forming part of the China-Korea border
- 汉江Hàn jiāngHan River
- 滨江bīn jiāngalong the bank of a river; riverside
- 嘉陵江Jiā líng JiāngJialing River in Sichuan (a tributary of the Yangtze)
- 钱塘江Qián táng JiāngQiantang River, the principal river of Zhejiang Province, eastern China, flowing through…
- 澜沧江Lán cāng JiāngLancang River, the upper course (in southwestern China) of the Mekong River 湄公河
- 雅鲁藏布江Yǎ lǔ Zàng bù JiāngYarlung Tsangpo River, Tibet
Characters built on 工
These share the phonetic component 工 (gōng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.
Characters that look like 江
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
Sounds the same
Read jiāng, tone for tone, but written differently.
- 将will; shall; to use
- 疆border; boundary
- 僵rigid; deadlock; stiff (corpse)
- 姜ginger
- 浆thick liquid; to starch
- 矼stone bridge
- 缰bridle; reins; halter
- 豇used in 豇豆
- 茳used in 茳芏
- 礓a small stone
- 橿Quercus glauca
- 螀cicada (Cosmopsaltria opalifera)
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