Chin Sha

See also: Chinsha and Chin-sha

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 金沙 (Jīn Shā), Wade–Giles romanization: Chin¹ Sha¹.

Proper noun

Chin Sha

1. Alternative form of Jinsha (River in China)
   • 1917 November, H. von Heidenstam, “Report on the Yangtze Estuary”, in The Far Eastern Review‎^[1], volume XIII, number 18, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 748, column 1:

     Starting from the Tangla mountains it runs as a razor backed ridge some 3 miles high between the Chin Sha and the Mekong of Lang Ts’iang river until northern Yunnan is reached.

   • 1936 May 2, “General Chiang Arrives in Hunan after Visiting Yunnan and Kweichow”, in The China Weekly Review‎^[2], volume 76, number 9, →OCLC, page 297, column 2:

     Immediately following the deliberations General Chiang issued telegraphic instructions to seven divis- ions of Kweichow troops, commanded by Generals Liu Hsing, Liu Chien-chu and others, to match to the succor of Yunnanese fordes, the report said. Szechuan troops, commanded by Generals Liu Wen-hui, Yang Sen, Liu Hsiang and others, are already marching southward, along the Chin Sha River, but are not expected to reach the front for some time.

   • 1977 November 13, “Szechuan province in trouble”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly]‎^[3], volume XVIII, number 45, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 3:

     It confessed that with the support and coverage of the “gang of four,” factional heads and colleagues have put all parts of Szechuan in their grip, especially the cities of Chungking, Chengtu, Tzukung, Yiping, Kwangyuan and Hochuan, as well as the mining areas along the Chin Sha River.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Chin Sha.

See also

• Chin Sha Chiang