Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jin'an

/d͡ʒɪn.ɑn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Jin-an
IPA: /d͡ʒɪn.ɑn/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A district of Lu'an, Anhui, China.

name

Alternative form of Jing'an.

Example Sentences

"An official with the education bureau in Lu'an’s Jin’an District in Anhui, where the school is located, told Shanghai Daily on Tuesday that the program had not been registered at the bureau and had falsely claimed to be run by the Maotanchang Middle School, which is famous for gaokao preparation.[…]However, an official surnamed He from the Jin’an District Education Bureau told Shanghai Daily by phone that they had noticed the program and launched an investigation."
"It was in the court of Jin’an district, in which the West-Nine-Block was located."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 金安 (Jīn'ān).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 金安

Questions

How do you pronounce jin'an?: The recorded pronunciation is /d͡ʒɪn.ɑn/.
What does jin'an mean?: A district of Lu'an, Anhui, China.
Where does jin'an come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 金安 (Jīn'ān).

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