Jiayu

See also: jiàyù

English

嘉鱼欢迎您
WELCOME TO JIAYU

Alternative forms

• Kiayü
• Chia-yü (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 嘉魚／嘉鱼 (Jiāyú).

Proper noun

Jiayu

1. A county of Xianning, Hubei, China.
   • [1669 [1665], John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China‎^[1], London: John Macock, translation of original in Dutch, →OCLC, page 14:

     Vuchang commands over ten Cities, as Vuhang, Vuchang, Kiayu, Puki, Hienning, Cungyang, Tungching, Hingque, Taye, Tungxan.]

   • 2019 November 13, Alice Yan, “Deaths of Chinese finless porpoises on Yangtze River raise questions for conservation and fishermen’s rights”, in South China Morning Post‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 November 2019, Society‎^[3]:

     One was found on Monday in Jiayu county, central Hubei province, four days after the remains of another were recovered from Dongting Lake, a tributary of the Yangtze in central Hunan province, […]

Translations

county in central China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嘉魚／嘉鱼 (zh) (Jiāyú)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Jiayu, Chia-yü at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Jiayu”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1447, column 3