金沙江

Chinese

		gold dust, especially placer gold; Jinsha River	river
simp. and trad. (金沙江)		金沙	江

Etymology

Named for the placer gold throughout its course.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jīnshājiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ saa¹ gong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jīnshājiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jinshajiang
    • Wade–Giles: Chin¹-sha¹-chiang¹
    • Yale: Jīn-shā-jyāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jinshajiang
    • Palladius: Цзиньшацзян (Czinʹšaczjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ saa¹ gong¹
    • Yale: gām sā gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ saa¹ gong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ sa¹ gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ saː⁵⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

金沙江

1. The Jinsha River, the upper course of the Yangtze in western Sichuan.

   宋代因為河中出現大量淘金人而改稱金沙江。 [MSC, trad.]
   宋代因为河中出现大量淘金人而改称金沙江。 [MSC, simp.]

   Sòngdài yīnwéi hé zhōng chūxiàn dàliàng táojīnrén ér gǎichēng jīnshājiāng. [Pinyin]

   During the Song, because of the great number of prospectors in the river, it was renamed as the Jinsha River.

Synonyms

• 長江／长江 (Cháng Jiāng)
• (historical) 黑水 (Hēishuǐ)

Descendants

• → English: Chinsha Chiang, Chin-sha Chiang, Jinsha Jiang, Jin Sha Jiang, Kinsha Kiang, Kin Sha Kiang