Jingpo

See also: jīngpò

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪŋpoʊ/

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 鏡泊湖镜泊湖 (Jìngpō Hú, literally “mirror lake”), named for the supposed clarity of its waters.

Proper noun

Jingpo

  1. A lake on the Mudan River in northern China.
    • [1971, Alley, Rewi, “Mutankiang”, in Eastern Horizon, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, ISSN 0012-8813, OCLC 751117974, page 9, columns 1, 2:
      Many if not most young people in China like to write poems and the friends who were with me at Chingpo Lake were no exception to the rule. []
      Thirty-six kilometres from the sanitorium at Chingpo Lake, and we came inside the re- mains of the outer walls of the capital of Po- hai Kingdom, of which more anon.
      ]
    • 2005, Shelley Jiang, editor, Let's Go: China (Let's Go), 1st edition, New York: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, OCLC 57045841, OL 9578439M, page 237:
      JINGPO LAKE 镜泊湖
      Jingpo, or “Mirror,” Lake, south of Mudanjiang, was formed by volcanic explosions near the Mudan River over 5000 years ago. Despite throngs of summer tourists, Jingpo Lake Reserve can be surprisingly peaceful due to its sprawling size.
Derived terms
  • Jingpo Lacus
Translations

Proper noun

Jingpo

  1. Alternative spelling of Jingpho
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