Home Dictionary Tools About

Learn Chinese Words

Simplfied Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
jiāng
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
gong1
Short definition river
Usage frequency Very common
Chinese synonyms Chinese Gratis iconChinese tools icon (Click icons, results will appear below)
 
All available English definitions riverMDBG iconCantofish icon / surname JiangCantofish icon /
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: sameldc
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: river; surname Jiang
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: river; CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]
Copyleft icon LDC icon LDC: river
Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: sameldc'
Click icons for complete source definitions (not available on mobile). Copyleft icon icon in each entry gives source attribution.
Want to improve this definition? Check to see if 江 is already in CC-CEDICT. If not, you can add it. (Why?)
Sentence examples
Mouseover for pinyin and definition (if available). Click for dictionary lookup.

(jiāng) river
(fēng) maple
(dedì) of
仆人(pú rén) servant
雇了(gù le) to hire
十二生肖( shí èr shēng xiào) 12 zodiac signs
(shā) to kill
(jiāng) river
(fēng) maple
他们(tā men) they
伏击(fú jī) ambush
(liǎo) (of eyes) bright
(jiāng) river
(fēng) maple
(hé) with
(jiāng) river
(fēng) maple
(dedì) of
妻子(qī zi) wife
(yuè) moon
(nú) slave

Jiang Feng's servant hired the "Twelve Zodiacs" to kill him. They ambushed him and his wife Yuenu.

(jiāng) river
(fēng) maple
逃跑(táo pǎo) to flee from sth
(liǎo) (of eyes) bright
后来(hòu lái) later
(yuè) moon
(nú) slave
生了(shēng le) to be born
两个(liǎng ge)
儿子(ér zi) son
但是(dàn shì) but
他们(tā men) they
中了( zhōng le)
十二生肖( shí èr shēng xiào) 12 zodiac signs
(dedì) of
埋伏(mái fú) to lie low
两个(liǎng ge)
(yí) Yi
(huā) florid
(gōng) temple
(dedì) of
公主(gōng zhǔ) Princess
突然(tū rán) sudden
来了(láile)
她们(tā men) they
(bī bì) drive
(yuè) moon
(nú) slave
自杀(zì shā) to commit suicide
不久后(bù jiǔ hòu) not long after
(jiāng) river
(fēng) maple
(yě) too
自杀了(zì shā le) to commit suicide

Jiang Feng escaped and afterwards Yuenu gave birth to two boys, but the 12 zodiacs had been lying in wait and ambushed them. Suddenly two princesses from Yihua Palace appeared. They made Yuenu kill herself, and shortly after, Jiang Feng committed suicide.

与此同时(yǔ cǐ tóng shí) at the same time as this
(jiāng) river
(qín) guqin or zither, cf 古琴
分散(fēn sàn) to scatter
(liǎo) (of eyes) bright
(jiāng) river
(fēng) maple
(dedì) of
哥哥( gē gē) older brother
(yàn) surname Yan
大侠(dà xiá) knight
(dedì) of
注意力(zhù yì lì) attention

Meanwhile, Jiang Qin distracted Jiang Feng's older brother Yan Daxia.

我的( de) my
(jiā) home
(yǔ yùyù) and
他的( tā de)
隔着( gé)
一条( yī tiáo)
(jiāng) river

My home is separated from his by a river.

(zài) (located) at
(jiāng) river
(hù) household
时代(shí dài) era
赏月(shǎng yuè) to admire the full moon
(dedì) of
宴会(yàn huì) feast
非常(fēi cháng) very
受欢迎(shòu huān yíng) popular

In the Edo period, moon-viewing parties were very popular.

Example sentences courtesy Tatoeba project.Copyleft icon
Search other dictionaries
Nciku iconBing iconIciba iconYoudao iconChinesepod icon (Click icons, results will appear below) (What are these?)
Search by individual Chinese character    
Search again or Advanced search