錦江

Chinese

		brocade; embroidered work; bright	river
trad. (錦江)		錦	江
simp. (锦江)		锦	江

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jǐnjiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄐㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam² gong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jǐnjiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄐㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jǐnjiang
    • Wade–Giles: Chin³-chiang¹
    • Yale: Jǐn-jyāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiinjiang
    • Palladius: Цзиньцзян (Czinʹczjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam² gong¹
    • Yale: gám gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam² gong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem² gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm³⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kimX kaewng

Rime
Character	錦	江
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	江 (9)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	居飲切	古雙切
Baxter	kimX	kaewng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiɪmX/	/kˠʌŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚimX/	/kᵚɔŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kiemX/	/kɔŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjimX/	/kaɨwŋ/
Li Rong	/kjəmX/	/kɔŋ/
Wang Li	/kĭĕmX/	/kɔŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯əmX/	/kɔŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jǐn	jiāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gam2	gong1

Proper noun

錦江

1. Jin River (a river in Chengdu, Sichuan, China)

   • 錦江春色來天地，玉壘浮雲變古今。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     锦江春色来天地，玉垒浮云变古今。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 764, 杜甫 (Du Fu), 登樓 (Climbing an Upper Storey); translation by Stephen Owen

     Jǐnjiāng chūnsè lái tiāndì, yùlěi fúyún biàn gǔjīn. [Pinyin]

     The spring colors of Brocade River come to Earth and Heaven,
     drifting clouds over Jade Fort Mountain transform through present and past.

2. (～社區) Jinjiang (a residential community in Lucheng, Yidu, Yichang, Hubei, China)