jinshan
/d͡ʒɪn.ʃɑn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Jinshan peasants’ paintings, an- other symbol of Shanghai’s Hai Pai style, characteristic of the plain tastes of local peasants, are well known both at home and abroad. The painters are all ordinary peasants. The studio is located in the ancient town Zhujing, Jinshan District."
- "A huge fire broke out Saturday at the headquarters of a petrochemical facility in southeast Shanghai, state media reported. The fire started around at 4 a.m. at an ethylene glycol processing unit owned by Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical, a state-owned oil company whose headquarters are in an industrial park in the suburban Jinshan district."
- "There used to be 300 boats using the traditional fire fishing method each night but now there are only three, according to the local fishermen’s association in Jinshan District, north of Taipei."
- "Juming Museum in New Taipei's Jinshan District reopened to the public on Tuesday, 11 days after suffering extensive damage from flooding caused by Typhoon Krathon."
Etymology
The atonal Hanyu Pinyin of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 金山 (Jīnshān, literally “Gold Mountain”). * (area in Shanghai): Named for Dajinshan Island to its south, the highest point of natural elevation in Shanghai Municipality.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 金山
Inflected Forms
Chinshan (alternative)
Chin-shan (alternative)
Phrases
Frequently Paired Words
Synonyms
Guiyi
Kui-i