Jianxi

See also: jiānxì, jiānxi, and jiànxí

English

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 澗西／涧西.

Alternative forms

• Chien-hsi (Wade–Giles)

Proper noun

Jianxi

1. A district of Luoyang, Henan, China.
   • [1978 May, TANG HSIA, “LOYANG, A City Both Ancient and Young”, in China Reconstructs‎^[1], volume XXVII, number 5, Peking, →OCLC, page 15, column 3:

     It was decided to build the industrial district in Chienhsi far to the west, where there are fewer ancient tombs than in other places.]

   • 2009, Miriam Clifford, Cathy Giangrande, Antony White, China: Museums‎^[2], Odyssey Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 121:

     The Three Kingdom jade cup found in a tomb in the Jianxi district is a masterpiece.

   • 2019 February 14, Michelle Wong, “Huawei video in Chinese school exam sparks product placement row”, in South China Morning Post‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 February 2019, People & Culture‎^[4]:

     The question, given to pupils at 27 primary schools in the district of Jianxi in Luoyang, Henan province, instructed them to watch the video twice before answering four multiple-choice questions. One of the questions was: “What is Huawei’s competitive advantage? A. quality. B. design. C. functionality.”

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 澗西／涧西 (zh)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Jianxi

1. Misspelling of Jiangxi.
   • 1998 May 10 [1998 May 9], Erik Eckholm, “Pressed by U.S., China Frees Catholic Bishop Loyal to Vatican”, in The New York Times‎^[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on November 19, 2010, World‎^[6]:

     In 1997 in Jianxi^{[sic – meaning Jiangxi]} province, in southeastern China, where Bishop Zeng lived and worked, more than 200 Roman Catholics were detained, at least temporarily, in an effort to prevent services outside official auspices, according to a report by Amnesty International.

   • 2008, Kunal Sinha, China's Creative Imperative: How Creativity is Transforming Society and Business in China‎^[7], John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 35, 43:

     In the spring of 1930, Mao embarked on a meticulous study of the conditions in rural Jianxi^{[sic – meaning Jiangxi]} province, looking for the prevalent levels of exploitation and analyzing class tension. […] When Mao later took control of Jianxi^{[sic – meaning Jiangxi]} province, he promulgated a new marriage law that prohibited arranged marriages and encouraged the free choice […]
     In 1927, he returned to China, led the failed Baise Uprising in Guangxi province against the Kuomintang government, and arrived at Mao’s Jianxi^{[sic – meaning Jiangxi]} province, joining the latter on the Long March and becoming one of his trusted supporters until Mao grew wary and purged him from positions of power.

   • 2008, Michael V. Uschan, China Since World War II (World History)‎^[8], Gale Cengage, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 18, 60:

     Chiang established his Guomindang government in Nanjing while the Communists created the Chinese Soviet Republic in southeastern Jianxi^{[sic – meaning Jiangxi]} Province. […]
     Deng was stripped of his political posts and was exiled to rural Jianxi^{[sic – meaning Jiangxi]} Province, where he survived by planting vegetables and raising chickens.

   • 2012 August 10, Chris Wang, “TSU, Tibetans, Falun Gong stage protests”, in Taipei Times‎^[9], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on August 13, 2012, Taiwan News, page 3:

     Chung’s daughter, Chung Ai (鍾愛), said her mother, Lee Ya-min (李雅敏), on Wednesday met with her father in China’s Jianxi^{[sic – meaning Jiangxi]} Province with the help of Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Alex Tsai (蔡正元) and that Bruce Chung appeared to be in good condition.

   • 2021 August 16, “'China's Fauci' probed for plagiarism after questioning Covid policy”, in France 24‎^[10], archived from the original on August 16, 2021, Live news‎^[11]:

     In a sign of the risks, a teacher in east China's Jianxi^{[sic – meaning Jiangxi]} province was detained by police for 15 days after commenting last week on a news article saying the country can "coexist with the coronavirus", according to a local government notice.

   • 2022 August 3, Akriti Sharma, “Three killed, six wounded in China kindergarten stabbing - AFP”, in Andrew Heavens, Robert Birsel, editors, Reuters‎^[12], archived from the original on August 03, 2022, China‎^[13]:

     Three people were killed and six wounded on Wednesday in a stabbing at a kindergarten in the Chinese province of Jianxi^{[sic – meaning Jiangxi]}, the AFP news agency reported, citing police.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Jianxi.