Jinhua

See also: jìnhuà and Jīnhuá

English

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) Kinhwa
• (obsolete) Chin-hua
• Chinhua

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 金華／金华 (Jīnhuá, literally “golden flourishing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪnˈhwɑː/

Proper noun

Jinhua

1. A major city in central Zhejiang, in eastern China.
   • [1941, Joy Homer, Dawn Watch in China‎^[1], →OCLC, page 6:

     From Wenchow there was a bus route to Kinhua, the provincial capital; and from Kinhua a railroad led straight inland to Nanchang.]

   • 2005 October 9, Andrew Yang, “The Remix; Art Park”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on May 29, 2015, Magazine‎^[3]:

     An international flock of young architects has left its imprint on Jinhua, a city about four hours south of Shanghai. Since March 2004, 17 pavilions have risen there, all set on a 44-acre riverfront park.

   • 2015 November 20, Erika Kinetz, Yu Bing, Fu Ting, “China breaks up $64 billion underground banking network”, in AP News‎^[4], archived from the original on 07 March 2023‎^[5]:

     Over 370 people were detained, prosecuted or otherwise reprimanded in the case, police in Jinhua city said in a statement on their website. Jinhua is in Zhejiang province on China’s eastern coast, a zone known for its shadowy financial networks.

Derived terms

• Jinhua ham

 

Translations

city in Zhejiang

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 金華／金华 (gam¹ waa⁴)

  Mandarin: 金華／金华 (zh) (Jīnhuá)

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