江苏
Jiāng sū
Pinyin

Definition

江苏
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Jiāng sū
  1. Jiangsu province (Kiangsu) in southeast China, abbr. 蘇|苏, capital Nanjing 南京

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

江
Jiāng
  1. 1 surname Jiang
江南
Jiāng nán
  1. 1 south of Changjiang or Yangtze river
  2. 2 south of the lower reaches of Changjiang
  3. 3 often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces
  4. 4 a province during Qing times
  5. 5 in literature, refers to the sunny south
  6. 6 Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea)
江山
Jiāng shān
  1. 1 Jiangshan county level city in Quzhou 衢州[Qú zhōu], Zhejiang
江湖
jiāng hú
  1. 1 rivers and lakes
  2. 2 all corners of the country
  3. 3 remote areas to which hermits retreat
  4. 4 section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law
  5. 5 the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wǔ xiá])
  6. 6 (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc
  7. 7 demimonde
  8. 8 (in modern times) triads
  9. 9 secret gangster societies
  10. 10 underworld
江苏
Jiāng sū
  1. 1 Jiangsu province (Kiangsu) in southeast China, abbr. 蘇|苏, capital Nanjing 南京
江西
Jiāng xī
  1. 1 Jiangxi province (Kiangsi) in southeast China, abbr. 赣, capital Nanchang 南昌
浙江
Zhè jiāng
  1. 1 Zhejiang province (Chekiang) in east China, abbr. 浙, capital Hangzhou 杭州
长江
Cháng Jiāng
  1. 1 Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang
丽江
Lì jiāng
  1. 1 Lijiang prefecture-level city in northwest Yunnan
九江
Jiǔ jiāng
  1. 1 Jiujiang prefecture-level city in Jiangxi
  2. 2 also Jiujiang county
内江
Nèi jiāng
  1. 1 Neijiang prefecture level city in Sichuan
吴江
Wú jiāng
  1. 1 Wujiang county level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Sū zhōu], Jiangsu
岷江
Mín Jiāng
  1. 1 Min River, Sichuan
平江
Píng jiāng
  1. 1 Pingjiang district of Suzhou city 蘇州市|苏州市[Sū zhōu shì], Jiangsu
  2. 2 Pingjiang county in Yueyang 岳陽|岳阳[Yuè yáng], Hunan
廉江
Lián jiāng
  1. 1 Lianjiang county level city in Zhanjiang 湛江[Zhàn jiāng], Guangdong
怒江
Nù jiāng
  1. 1 Nujiang river of south Tibet and northwest Yunnan, the upper reaches of Salween river 薩爾溫江|萨尔温江, forming border of Myanmar and Thailand
指点江山
zhǐ diǎn jiāng shān
  1. 1 to talk idly about important matters (idiom)
  2. 2 to set the world to rights
  3. 3 to pass judgment on everything
晋江
Jìn jiāng
  1. 1 Jinjiang county level city in Quanzhou 泉州[Quán zhōu], Fujian
晋江市
Jìn jiāng shì
  1. 1 Jinjiang county level city in Quanzhou 泉州[Quán zhōu], Fujian
曲江
Qǔ jiāng
  1. 1 Qujiang district of Shaoguan City 韶關市|韶关市, Guangdong

Idioms (13)

人在江湖，身不由己
rén zài jiāng hú , shēn bù yóu jǐ
  1. 1 you can't always do as you like
  2. 2 one has to compromise in this world (idiom)
大江南北
Dà jiāng nán běi
  1. 1 north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) all over China
指点江山
zhǐ diǎn jiāng shān
  1. 1 to talk idly about important matters (idiom)
  2. 2 to set the world to rights
  3. 3 to pass judgment on everything
文江学海
wén jiāng xué hǎi
  1. 1 river of literacy, sea of learning (idiom); ars longa, vita brevis
春江水暖鸭先知
chūn jiāng shuǐ nuǎn yā xiān zhī
  1. 1 lit. the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. an expert in the field knows which way the wind blows
江山易改，本性难移
jiāng shān yì gǎi , běn xìng nán yí
  1. 1 it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom)
  2. 2 you can't change who you are
  3. 3 Can the leopard change his spots?
江河日下
jiāng hé rì xià
  1. 1 rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad to worse
  2. 2 deteriorating day by day
江郎才尽
Jiāng láng cái jìn
  1. 1 Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have used up one's creative powers
  3. 3 to have writer's block
无颜见江东父老
wú yán jiàn Jiāng dōng fù lǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ], who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)
翻江倒海
fān jiāng dǎo hǎi
  1. 1 lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. overwhelming
  3. 3 earth-shattering
  4. 4 in a spectacular mess
船到江心，补漏迟
chuán dào jiāng xīn , bǔ lòu chí
  1. 1 It's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river. (idiom)
万里江山
wàn lǐ jiāng shān
  1. 1 lit. ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains
  2. 2 a vast territory (idiom)
长江后浪推前浪
Cháng Jiāng hòu làng tuī qián làng
  1. 1 lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the new is constantly replacing the old
  3. 3 each new generation excels the previous
  4. 4 (of things) to be constantly evolving

Sample Sentences

他们的口味都比较清爽、喜欢用糖调味，也使用很多河鲜。江苏菜更加重视汤头和刀工，比如扬州干丝，而且还有很多炖菜。浙江菜则比较爽滑，偏重小炒。
tāmen de kǒu wèi dōu bǐjiào qīngshuǎng 、xǐhuan yòng táng tiáowèi ，yě shǐyòng hěn duō héxiān 。jiāngsūcài gèngjiā zhòngshì tāngtóu hé dāogōng ，bǐrú yángzhōu gānsī ，érqiě hái yǒu hěn duō dùncài 。zhèjiāngcài zé bǐjiào shuǎnghuá ，piānzhòng xiǎochǎo 。
Their flavors are both rather mild, and they like to use sugar. They also use a lot of freshwater mollusks and shrimp. Jiangsu cooking puts more importance on soups as health food and they use knives quite a lot, with things like Yangzhou tofu, and they eat a lot of stewed foods. Zhejiang food on the other hand goes down smooth, with a lot of stir-fry.
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完全正确。徐玲后来居上。现在，请比较浙江、江苏菜的差异。
wánquán zhèngquè 。Xú Líng hòuláijūshàng 。xiànzài ，qǐng bǐjiào zhèjiāng 、jiāngsū cài de chāyì 。
Completely right. Xu Ling is ahead. Now, please compare Zhejiang and Jiangsu cuisine.
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噢！大闸蟹我知道，江苏阳澄湖的大闸蟹那可是名声在外啊！那满腹凝结成块的橘红蟹黄或是晶莹脂白的蟹膏，营养丰富，吃起来那叫一个鲜美。
ò ！dàzháxiè wǒ zhīdào ，Jiāngsū yángchéng hú de dàzháxiè nà kě shì míngshēng zàiwài ā ！nà mǎnfù níngjié chéng kuài de júhóng xièhuáng huòshì jīngyíng zhībái de xiègāo ，yíngyǎng fēngfù ，chī qǐlai nà jiào yī gè xiānměi 。
Oh! I know Chinese mitten crabs. The Chinese mitten crabs from the Yangcheng Lake in Jiangsu are famous across China! The orangey-red of the crab roe that congeals into a solid chunk in its belly or the translucent white of the crab fat. It's highly nutritious and it is really fresh tasting.
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琅玡是地名，中国曾有两个地方设为琅玡郡，影片的历史背景为梁国，加上皇室都姓萧，可以推断该剧的时代为南北朝时期的萧梁时代，又加上主角来自江左，也就是现在长江下游，安徽南部、江苏、上海这些地方，所以应该指的是安徽省滁州市的琅玡山一带。
lángyá shì dìmíng ，Zhōngguó céng yǒu liǎng gè dìfang shè wèi lángyájùn ，yǐngpiàn de lìshǐ bèijǐng wèi Liáng ，jiāshàng huángshì dōu xìng Xiāo ，kěyǐ tuīduàn gāi jù de shídài wèi nánběicháo shíqī de Xiāo Liáng shídài ，yòu jiāshàng zhǔjué láizì jiāngzuǒ ，yějiùshì xiànzài Chángjiāng xiàyóu ，ānhuī nánbù 、Jiāngsū 、Shànghǎi zhèxiē dìfang ，suǒyǐ yīnggāi zhǐ de shì ānhuī shěng Chúzhōu shì de lángyáshān yīdài 。
"Langya" is a place name. There are two places in China with the name Langya county, and the series is set in the state of Liang and all the imperial family is surnamed Xiao, so you can infer that the series is set against the Southern Liang dynasty period during the Southern and Northern Dynasties period. As well as this the protagonist comes from Jiangzuo, which is now the lower reaches of the Yangtze, around the south of Anhui, Jiangsu and Shanghai, so it likely refers to the area around Langya mountain in the city of Chuzhou in Anhui province.
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上海，等于说是移民城市嘛。所以说，从各个地方来的人，他们都会把各自的习俗带到上海来。我个人感觉，就是说上海没有一个本身，上海人所特有的一个风俗习惯。都是一些，比如说，浙江人，他们把他们的风俗习惯带到上海来。或者说江苏的，或者说其它地方的。
Shànghǎi ，děngyú shuō shì yímín chéngshì ma 。suǒyǐ shuō ，cóng gège difāng lái de rén ，tāmen dōu huì bǎ gèzi de xísú dàidào Shànghǎi lái 。wǒ gèrén gǎnjué ，jiùshìshuō Shànghǎi méiyǒu yī ge běnshēn ，Shànghǎirén suǒ tèyǒu de yī ge fēngsúxíguàn 。dōu shì yīxiē ，bǐrú shuō ，Zhèjiāngrén ，tāmen bǎ tāmen de fēngsúxíguàn dàidào Shànghǎi lái 。huòzhě shuō Jiāngsū de ，huòzhě shuō qítā dìfang de 。
Shanghai, it's basically a city of immigrants. So people from all different places will bring their own traditions to Shanghai. Personally, I feel that Shanghai doesn't really have any home-grown New Year customs. It's all, for instance, Zhejiang people, they bring their customs to Shanghai. Or maybe Jiangsu people, or people from other areas.
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其实我也没见过，听说记着我们家是从山东迁到河南的，后来又迁到江苏。其它的都是人名吧。
qíshí wǒ yě méi jiàn guo ，tīngshuō jì zhe wǒmen jiā shì cóng shāndōng qiān dào Hénán de ，hòulái yòu qiān dào Jiāngsū 。qítā de dōu shì rénmíng ba 。
To tell the truth, I've never seen it. I've heard that it records our family's movement from Shandong to Henan, and then to Jiangsu. The rest is just names.
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来自江苏的游客，你们好！我是灵宝蛇类养殖场的技术员，大家请跟着我参观。
láizì Jiāngsū de yóukè ，nǐmen hǎo ！wǒ shì língbǎo shélèi yǎngzhíchǎng de jìshùyuán ，dàjiā qǐng gēn zhe wǒ cānguān 。
Hello, Jiangsu tourists! I'm a technician at the Lingbao Snake Hatchery. Everyone please follow me to take the tour.
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熟悉。上海、浙江、江苏都很熟。
shúxī 。Shànghǎi 、Zhèjiāng 、Jiāngsū dōu hěn shú 。
Yes. I'm very familiar with Shanghai, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu.
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我还调查了江苏的工业园区。那里的优势是太阳能产业比较成熟，可以给我们节省不少生产成本。
wǒ hái diàochá le Jiāngsū de gōngyè yuánqū 。nàlǐ de yōushì shì tàiyángnéng chǎnyè bǐjiào chéngshú ，kěyǐ gěi wǒmen jiéshěng bùshǎo shēngchǎn chéngběn 。
I also investigated the Industrial Zone in Jiangsu. The advantage of that place is that the solar energy industry is pretty mature there. It could allow us to save quite a bit of capital.
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这是肯定的！而且那边管理处的服务意识很好，给我们介绍了很多优惠政策和配套服务。相反，江苏的工业园区一去就问我们出资多少。感觉不太好。
zhè shì kěndìng de ！érqiě nàbiān guǎnlǐchù de fúwù yìshi hěn hǎo ，gěi wǒmen jièshào le hěn duō yōuhuì zhèngcè hé pèitào fúwù 。xiāngfǎn ，Jiāngsū de gōngyè yuánqū yī qù jiù wèn wǒmen chūzī duōshao 。gǎnjué bù tài hǎo 。
That's for sure! And the administration's sense of service is very good. They told us about a lot of preferential policies and accompanying services. On the other hand, the Jiangsu Industrial Zone just asked us how much we were investing. It didn't give me a great feeling.
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