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泾

Jīng

Character Traditional 涇

What 泾 means

1. Jing River

Example sentences

• 上海以前有许多小河浜，其中有肇家浜、洋泾浜，现在都被填了。
  Shànghǎi yǐqián yǒu xǔduō xiǎohé bāng, qízhōng yǒu zhào jiā bāng, yáng Jīng bāng, xiànzài dōu bèi tián le.
  There used to be a lot of small creeks in old time Shanghai, which included Zhaojia Creek and Yangjing Creek, but they're all covered up nowadays.

Words starting with 泾

• 泾县Jīng XiànJing County or Jingxian, a county in Xuancheng City 宣城市
• 泾川县Jīng chuān XiànJingchuan, a county in Pingliang City 平凉市
• 泾源县Jīng yuán XiànJingyuan, a county in Guyuan City 固原市
• 泾阳县Jīng yáng XiànJingyang, a county in Xianyang City 咸阳市
• 泾渭分明Jīng Wèi fēn míngas rivers Jing and Wei separate clearly (idiom); to be entirely different
• 泾川Jīng chuānsee 泾川县
• 泾源Jīng yuánsee 泾源县
• 泾阳Jīng yángsee 泾阳县

Words containing 泾

• 洋泾浜英语Yáng jīng bāng Yīng yǔpidgin English

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.

• 经jīngclassics; sacred book; scripture
• 轻qīnglight; easy; gentle
• 径jìngfootpath; path; track; (fig.) a way; a means; directly; straight; diameter
• 颈jǐngneck
• 氢qīnghydrogen (chemistry)
• 茎jīngstalk; stem
• 烃tīnghydrocarbon
• 痉jìngspasm

Characters that look like 泾

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 经jīngclassics; sacred book; scripture
• 侵qīnto invade; to encroach; to infringe
• 浇jiāoto pour liquid; to irrigate (using waterwheel); to water
• 烃tīnghydrocarbon
• 沧cāng(bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green; (literary) cold
• 洼wādepression; low-lying area; low-lying; sunken

Sounds the same

Read Jīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 京capital city of a country; big; algebraic term for a large number (old)
• 经classics; sacred book; scripture
• 睛eye; eyeball
• 精essence; extract; vitality
• 惊to startle; to be frightened; to be scared
• 晶crystal
• 茎stalk; stem
• 兢to be fearful; apprehensive
• 菁leek flower; lush; luxuriant
• 荆chaste tree or its berry (Vitex agnus-castus); (literary) cane or switch made from a…
• 鲸whale
• 旌banner; make manifest