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金山
Mandarin · pinyin Jīn shān
Meanings
- Jinshan suburban district of Shanghai
- Jinshan or Chinshan township in New Taipei City 新北市 Xīn běi shì, Taiwan
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Cantonese word readings for 金山. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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noun
- gold mine, a hill or mountain where gold is extracted
- (figurative) gold mine, a place or situation producing easy riches
name
- (～國) (historical) short for 西漢金山國 /西汉金山国 (Xī Hàn Jīnshānguó), Jinshan (a former kingdom in Gansu, China, during the early 10th century)
- (～區, formerly ～縣) Jinshan (a district and former county of Shanghai, China)
- (～區, formerly ～鄉) Jinshan, Chinshan (a district and former rural township in New Taipei City, Taiwan)
- (～郡) (historical) Jinshan Commandery (in modern-day Sichuan)
- (～市) Kaneyama (a city in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan)
- (obsolete) Alternative name for 舊金山／旧金山 (Jiùjīnshān, “San Francisco, California, USA”).
- (Cantonese, dated) Alternative name for 美國／美国 (Měiguó, “United States”).
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