江 jiāng

large river; yangzi; surname

HSK 4 #577

DEFINITIONS

  • large river
  • yangzi
  • surname
  • surname Jiang
  • river
  • CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]

STROKES

WORDS

长江 cháng jiāng
HSK 4
Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang
江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2]); (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde; (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
江户 jiāng hù Edo (old name of Tokyo)
江原道 jiāng yuán dào Gangwon Province of Korea during Joseon Dynasty; Kangwon province of North Korea; Gangwon province in northeast South Korea, capital Chuncheon 春川[Chun1 chuan1]
江山 jiāng shān Jiangshan county level city in Quzhou 衢州[Qu2 zhou1], Zhejiang; rivers and mountains; landscape; country; state power
江南 jiāng nán south of Changjiang or Yangtze river; south of the lower reaches of Changjiang; often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces; a province during Qing times; in literature, refers to the sunny south; Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea)
江郎才尽 jiāng láng cái jìn Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent (idiom); fig. to have used up one's creative powers; to have writer's block
翻江倒海 fān jiāng dǎo hǎi lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom); fig. overwhelming; earth-shattering; in a spectacular mess
江水 jiāng shuǐ river water
江南区 jiāng nán qū Jiangnan District of Nanning city 南寧市|南宁市[Nan2 ning2 Shi4], Guangxi; Gangnam District, Seoul
江河 jiāng hé Yangtze and Yellow rivers; river
江湖骗子 jiāng hú piàn zi swindler; itinerant con-man
江陵 jiāng líng Jiangling county in Jingzhou 荊州|荆州[Jing1 zhou1], Hubei
老江湖 lǎo jiāng hú a much-travelled person, well acquainted with the ways of the world
江夏 jiāng xià Jiangxia district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[Wu3 han4 shi4], Hubei
江西 jiāng xī Jiangxi province (Kiangsi) in southeast China, abbr. 赣, capital Nanchang 南昌
汉江 hàn jiāng Han River
半壁江山 bàn bì jiāng shān half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands); vast swathe of territory
大江南北 dà jiāng nán běi north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom); (fig.) all over China
江北 jiāng běi Jiangbei district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan; Chongqing's main airport; Jiangbei district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市[Ning2 bo1 shi4], Zhejiang
江川 jiāng chuān Jiangchuan county in Yuxi 玉溪[Yu4 xi1], Yunnan
江东 jiāng dōng Jiangdong district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市[Ning2 bo1 shi4], Zhejiang
江东区 jiāng dōng qū Jiangdong district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市[Ning2 bo1 shi4], Zhejiang
江河日下 jiāng hé rì xià rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad to worse; deteriorating day by day
走江湖 zǒu jiāng hú to travel around the country (as itinerant peddler or entertainer)
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