江寧

Chinese

		river	peaceful; rather; Ningxia (abbrev.)
trad. (江寧)		江	寧
simp. (江宁)		江	宁

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Jiāngníng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤㄋㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gong¹ ning⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Jiāngníng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤㄋㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jiangníng
  - Wade–Giles: Chiang¹-ning²
  - Yale: Jyāng-níng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiangning
  - Palladius: Цзяннин (Czjannin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ niŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gong¹ ning⁴
  - Yale: gōng nìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gong¹ ning⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gong¹ ning⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵ nɪŋ²¹/

Proper noun

江寧

(historical) (～府) Old name for 南京 (Nánjīng, “Nanjing”).
(～區, formerly ～縣) Jiangning (a district and former county of Nanjing, Jiangsu, China)
(～區) (historical) Jiangning (a former district of Shanghai, China)

Derived terms

江蘇／江苏 (Jiāngsū)

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