Jinjiang

• (from Wade–Giles) Chin-chiang, Chinchiang
• (dated) Tsinkiang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 晉江／晋江 (Jìnjiāng, “Jin River”).

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪnˈd͡ʒ(i)æŋ/

Jinjiang

1. A county-level city in Quanzhou, Fujian, China
   • [1976, Robert J. Bolton, “The Minnan Chinese - An Overview A Vignette”, in Treasure Island: Church Growth Among Taiwan's Urban Minnan Chinese [寶島]‎, South Pasadena, Cali.: William Carey Library, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 20:

     Jacques Amoyt in his volume The Manila Chinese traced Fukienese in the Philippines as originating from six hsien - Chinchiang, Nanan, Huian, T'ungan, Anch'i and Yungch'un and from the cities of Amoy (Hsiamen) and Chinchiang, formerly known as Ch'uanchou. Chinchiang hsien alone contains the ancestral homes of at least 50 percent of the emigrants.]

   • [1977 September 25, “Reds reported shocked by Fan's defection to Taiwan”, in Free China Weekly‎, volume XVIII, number 38, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, columns 1, 2:

     Another report said some people in Chinchiang in Fukien province saw Lt. Col. Fan flying along the seashore in the wrong direction and decided something must be happening.]

   • 2018 August 6, “Taiwan’s Kinmen island begins importing water from China”, in AP News‎, archived from the original on 07 March 2023‎:

     The Taiwanese-controlled island of Kinmen located just off the Chinese coast has begun importing water from its neighbor via a pipeline despite heightened tensions between Beijing and Taipei.
     Water from Jinjiang in China’s Fujian province began flowing through the 16-kilometer (10-mile)-long pipeline Sunday under a 30-year contract.

• (from Min Nan) Chinkang, Chin-kang, Chin Kang

• Jiangjin