Jiang

//dʒæŋ// name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Mandarin; variant forms Chiang, (obsolete) Kiang.

    "Taiwan Friends of Tibet (TFOT) yesterday criticized former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chairman Wu Poh-hsiung (吳伯雄) for inviting Sichuan Province Governor Jiang Jufeng (蔣巨峰) to Taiwan, saying that Jiang was responsible for the repression and killing of Tibetan protesters during demonstrations in the province."

  2. 2
    A surname from Mandarin; variant forms Chiang, (obsolete) Kiang.

    "Disagreement over whether to execute Mao Tse-tung's widow, Jiang Qing, has forced postponement of a special court's verdict in her trial along with others accused of misdeeds during the Cultural Revolution, according to reliable sources."

  3. 3
    A surname from Mandarin; variant forms Chiang, (obsolete) Kiang.

    "Since the publication of our 1979 Chinese edition, there has been much progress in this theory. Refer to, for instance, the bibliography in the book by Jiang Boju (Lectures on Nielsen Fixed Point Theory, Cont. Math. ,14, Amer. Math. Soc.) or the forthcoming article by R.F. Brown (Nielsen Fixed Point Theory, in Complete Work of Jakob Nielsen (in English))."

  4. 4
    A surname from Mandarin; variant forms Chiang, (obsolete) Kiang.

    "Moreover, the influential legal scholar Jiang Shigong of Peking University has also accused the bank of supporting the “Five Eyes” intelligence agencies of the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand; he says HSBC constitutes a national security threat to China."

  5. 5
    A county of Yuncheng, Shanxi, China.

    "It was entirely necessary for the Jiang County People's Procuratorate to bring action against Gao Yuewei and her husband at court in accordance with the law. Like Jiang County in Shanxi Province, other localities should also punish[...]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 蔣 /蒋 (Jiǎng). Doublet of Chiong and Chionh.

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 江 (Jiāng).

Etymology 3

From Mandarin 姜 (Jiāng).

Etymology 4

From Mandarin 強 /强 (Jiàng).

Etymology 5

From Mandarin 絳 /绛 (Jiàng).

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