Chin-chung

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 晉中／晋中 (Jìnzhōng) Wade–Giles romanization: Chin⁴-chung¹.

Proper noun

Chin-chung

1. Alternative form of Jinzhong
   • 1951, Numismatic Notes & Monographs‎^[1], number 122, American Numismatic Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 136:

     The old Spades of An-i are reported to have been discovered in "Chin-chung" (Shansi), and the various Late Spades are said to have been recovered in "Chin-chung" (Shansi) and "Shan-yu" (Shansi), in "Chi-hsing" (Hopeh) or Chih-li (Hopeh) by most of the numismatists mentioned above.

   • 1958, Jingzhi Sun, Excerpts from Economic Geography of North China‎^[2], Joint Publications Research Office, →OCLC, page 88:

     The remaining 30% are anthracite coal, mainly found in Chin-shui and Chin-chung.

   • 1979 August 22, “Superior Seed Strains of Staple Crops (198)”, in Translation Handbook on Agricultural Techniques for State Farms‎^[3], Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →OCLC, page 271:

     Areas Suitable for Growing: It is being cultivated in Peking, Tientsin, the northeastern part of Hopeh, and the Chin-chung Prefecture of Shansi.

   • 1983, The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia‎^[4], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 648, column 1:

     The five special district are Yen-pei in the extreme northeast, Hsin-hsien in the north, Chin-chung in the centre of the province, […]

   • 2002, “Yang-ch’üan”, in The New Encyclopaedia Britannica‎^[5], volume 12, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 817, column 1:

     Yang-ch’üan, Pinyin YANGQUAN, City, eastern Shansi Province (sheng), China. It is a prefecture-level municipality (shih) entirely surrounded by Chin-chung Prefecture (ti-ch’ü).