江
jiāng
large river; the Yangzi; surname
- Strokes
- 6
- Level
- HSK 4 · TOCFL Level 4
- Frequency
- No. 1,708
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What 江 means
surname Jiang; (bound form) Yangtze River; (bound form) Jiangsu Province (abbr. for 江苏); river
Words with 江
- 江湖jiāng húrivers 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. 武侠); (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde; (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
- 江山jiāng shānrivers and mountains; landscape; country; state power
- 重出江湖chóng chū jiāng hú(of a person) to return to the fray after a period of inactivity; to jump back into the thick of things; (of sth that was once popular) to be resurrected; to make a comeback
- 半壁江山bàn bì jiāng shānhalf of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands); vast swathe of territory
- 倒海翻江dǎo hǎi fān jiāngsee 翻江倒海
- 江户jiāng hùEdo (old name of Tokyo)
- 江南jiāng nánregion of China immediately south of the lower Yangtze River, including Shanghai and adjoining parts of Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi and Zhejiang; see 江南省; see 江南区
- 长江cháng jiāngYangtze River, or Chang Jiang
- 汉江hàn jiāngHan River
- 三江源sān jiāng yuánSanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve, high plateau region of Qinghai containing the headwaters of Changjiang or Yangtze, Huanghe or Yellow River and Lancang or Mekong River
- 北江běi jiāngBeijiang River
- 佟佳江tóng jiā jiāngTongjia River in Manchuria, a tributary of the Yalu River 鸭绿江