Kiang

English

Etymology

An irregular romanization of various Mandarin words rendered jiāng, jiáng, jiǎng, or jiàng in pinyin and particularly used for Chinese 江 (Jiāng, “The River”), frequently used in Chinese in specific reference to the Yangtze.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kjɑŋ/, /kjæŋ/, /kiˈɑŋ/, /kiˈæŋ/

Proper noun

Kiang

  1. Obsolete form of Jiang.
  2. (obsolete) Synonym of Yangtze, the chief river of central China.
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