Character
| HSK | 4 |
|---|---|
| FREQUENCY | 577th character |
| RADICAL | ⽔ (85.3) |
| STROKES | 6 |
| INDEX # | 538 |
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 | 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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