Jin (English, name)
expansion: Jin
Senses:
glosses: A river (晉水) in Shanxi Province, China, emptying into the Fen River.
glosses: A marchland (c. 1046–677 BC) and duchy (677–376 BC) of the Zhou Kingdom around the river.
tags: historical
glosses: A Chinese surname.
glosses: A titular principality of the Wei Empire (est. AD 264) and other later Chinese states.
tags: historical
glosses: An empire in China (AD 265–420) established by Sima Yan's overthrow of the Wei and replaced by barbarian conquerors in the north and Liu Yu's Song Empire in the south.
tags: historical
glosses: Synonym of Sima: the dynasty which ruled this empire.
tags: historical
qualifier: chiefly Chinese contexts
glosses: The late 3rd to early 5th century, the era during which the Sima clan were the legitimate emperors of China.
tags: historical
glosses: A river (Jin River, 晉江／晋江 (Jìnjiāng)) in Quanzhou Municipality, Fujian, China, emptying into the Taiwan Strait.
glosses: A prefecture of imperial China centered on Linfen, Shanxi.
tags: historical
glosses: Former name of Linfen as the seat of the prefecture.
tags: historical
glosses: An realm in early-10th century Shaanxi loyal to the Tang after their overthrow by the Later Liang.
tags: historical
glosses: The Later Jin, a short-lived empire in 10th-century Shaanxi; the 930s and '40s, the era of this empire.
tags: historical
glosses: Synonym of Shi: the dynasty which ruled this empire.
tags: historical
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A Chinese dialect family (code cjy) spoken by about 45 million people in Shanxi and adjacent provinces.
Forms:
form: Chin
tags: alternative
form: Kin
tags: alternative