Jing

//ˈd͡ʒɪŋ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A river in China, a tributary of the Wei.
  2. 2
    A transliteration of the Mandarin surname 井 (jǐng)
  3. 3
    A transliteration of the Mandarin surname 景
  4. 4
    A transliteration of the Mandarin surname 京 (jīng)
  5. 5
    A transliteration of the Mandarin surname 荊 /荆 (jīng)
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  1. 6
    A transliteration of the Mandarin surname 經 /经 or 经
  2. 7
    A transliteration of the Mandarin surname 更
  3. 8
    A transliteration of the Mandarin surname 敬 (jìng)
  4. 9
    A transliteration of the Mandarin surname 靖 (jìng)
Noun
  1. 1
    An ethnic Vietnamese, in reference to those whose lands are in China.
  2. 2
    According to traditional Chinese medicine, a dense essence stored in the kidneys that is the material basis for the physical body. It is yin in nature. uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mandarin 京 (jīng), as in 京族 (Jīngzú).

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 涇 /泾 (Jīng), as in 涇河/泾河 (Jīnghé) or 涇水/泾水.

Etymology 3

From Chinese 精 (jīng, “essence”).

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