Jingmen

See also: Jīngmén

English

Alternative forms

• Kingmen (Postal Romanization)
• Chingmen, Ching-men, Ching-mên (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 荆門 (Jīngmén) via Hanyu Pinyin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪŋ.mɛn/, /t͡ʃiŋ-/, /-mən/

Proper noun

Jingmen

1. A prefecture-level city in Hubei, China.
   • 2020 February 16, “China battery recycler GEM to make disinfectants in virus epicentre”, in Reuters‎^[1], archived from the original on 07 March 2023, TECHNOLOGY NEWS‎^[2]:

     The surprise addition to the product portfolio of GEM, which has a factory in Jingmen in central Hubei, comes amid tight disinfectant supply after the virus outbreak that has killed more than 1,600 people in China, the company said in a Shenzhen Stock Exchange filing.

Translations

city in Hubei, China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 荊門／荆门 (zh) (Jīngmén)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Jingmen”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[3], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1450, column 2

Anagrams

• Mengjin