江西
Jiāng xī
Pinyin

Definition

江西
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Jiāng xī
  1. Jiangxi province (Kiangsi) in southeast China, abbr. 赣, capital Nanchang 南昌

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

东西
dōng xī
  1. 1 east and west
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
浙江
Zhè jiāng
  1. 1 Zhejiang province (Chekiang) in east China, abbr. 浙, capital Hangzhou 杭州
西
Xī
  1. 1 the West
  2. 2 abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xī bān yá]
  3. 3 Spanish
西安
Xī ān
  1. 1 Xi'an, sub-provincial city and capital of Shaanxi 陝西省|陕西省[Shǎn xī Shěng] in northwest China
  2. 2 see 西安區|西安区[Xī ān qū]
西瓜
xī guā
  1. 1 watermelon
  2. 2 CL:顆|颗[kē],粒[lì],個|个[ge]
西游记
Xī yóu Jì
  1. 1 Journey to the West, Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
  2. 2 also called Pilgrimage to the West or Monkey
中西
Zhōng Xī
  1. 1 China and the West
  2. 2 Chinese-Western
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
切尔西
Qiè ěr xī
  1. 1 Chelsea
卡西欧
Kǎ xī ōu
  1. 1 Casio
印度尼西亚
Yìn dù ní xī yà
  1. 1 Indonesia
可可西里
Kě kě xī lǐ
  1. 1 Hoh Xil or Kekexili, vast nature reserve on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原[Qīng Zàng gāo yuán]
各奔东西
gè bèn dōng xī
  1. 1 to go separate ways (idiom)
  2. 2 to part ways with sb
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [gè bēn dōng xī]
吴江
Wú jiāng
  1. 1 Wujiang county level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Sū zhōu], Jiangsu
墨西哥
Mò xī gē
  1. 1 Mexico
大西洋
Dà xī yáng
  1. 1 Atlantic Ocean
山西
Shān xī
  1. 1 Shanxi province (Shansi) in north China between Hebei and Shaanxi, abbr. 晋 capital Taiyuan 太原

Idioms (20)

中西合璧
Zhōng Xī hé bì
  1. 1 harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)
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)
各奔东西
gè bèn dōng xī
  1. 1 to go separate ways (idiom)
  2. 2 to part ways with sb
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [gè bēn dōng xī]
喝西北风
hē xī běi fēng
  1. 1 lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry
夕阳西下
xī yáng xī xià
  1. 1 the sun sets in the west (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
太阳从西边出来
tài yáng cóng xī biān chū lái
  1. 1 lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. hell freezes over
  3. 3 pigs can fly
情人眼里出西施
qíng rén yǎn lǐ chū Xī shī
  1. 1 lit. in the eyes of a lover appears 西施[Xī shī] (idiom); fig. beauty is in the eye of the beholder
情人眼里有西施
qíng rén yǎn lǐ yǒu Xī shī
  1. 1 In the eyes of the lover, a famous beauty (idiom). Beauty in the eye of the beholder
拆东墙补西墙
chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng
  1. 1 lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
  2. 2 Rob Peter to pay Paul
拆东补西
chāi dōng bǔ xī
  1. 1 lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
  2. 2 Rob Peter to pay Paul
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
捡了芝麻丢了西瓜
jiǎn le zhī ma diū le xī guā
  1. 1 to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
文江学海
wén jiāng xué hǎi
  1. 1 river of literacy, sea of learning (idiom); ars longa, vita brevis
日落西山
rì luò xī shān
  1. 1 the sun sets over western hills (idiom); the day approaches its end
  2. 2 fig. time of decline
  3. 3 the end of an era
  4. 4 Sic transit gloria mundi
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
东倒西歪
dōng dǎo xī wāi
  1. 1 to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom)
  2. 2 to sway
  3. 3 (of buildings etc) to lean at a crazy angle
东兔西乌
dōng tù xī wū
  1. 1 lit. the sun setting and the moon rising (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the passage of time
东奔西走
dōng bēn xī zǒu
  1. 1 to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily
  2. 2 to bustle about
  3. 3 to hopscotch
  4. 4 also 東跑西顛|东跑西颠[dōng pǎo xī diān]
东奔西跑
dōng bēn xī pǎo
  1. 1 to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily
  2. 2 to bustle about

Sample Sentences

早啊，看了最近各大网络头版了吗？几乎都是这篇“上海女孩逃离江西农村，是假的”。
zǎo ā ，kàn le zuìjìn gèdà wǎngluò tóubǎn le ma ？jīhū dōu shì zhè piān “Shànghǎi nǚhái táolí Jiāngxī nóngcūn ，shì jiǎde ”。
Morning, have you seen all the headlines online recently? They are almost all on this story, "Shanghai girl who fled her poor boyfriend's home in Jiangxi village a fake".
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哦，说的是过年期间，一个上海小姑娘去江西农村的男友家过年，被男方家穷苦环境吓了一跳，于是决定和男友分手。
ò ，shuōdeshì guònián qījiān ，yī gè Shànghǎi xiǎogūniang qù Jiāngxī nóngcūn de nányǒu jiā guònián ，bèi nán fāng jiā qióngkǔ huánjìng xià le yī tiào ，yúshì duédìng hé nányǒu fēnshǒu 。
Oh, it was talking about the Spring Festival period. A Shanghai girl went to her boyfriend's house in rural Jiangxi for Chinese New Year, and decided to break up with her boyfriend because she was so shocked at the poor conditions of her boyfriend's family.
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所以，这篇杜撰的报道中，不能适应农村生活的上海姑娘，和这位并不了解城市人的江西小伙，早一点分手或许反而是一件好事。
suǒyǐ ，zhè piān dùzhuàn de bàodào zhōng ，bùnéng shìyìng nóngcūn shēnghuó de Shànghǎi gūniang ，hé zhè wèi bìngbù liǎojiě chéngshìrén de Jiāngxī xiǎohuǒ ，zǎo yīdiǎn fēnshǒu huòxǔ fǎnér shì yī jiàn hǎoshì 。
So, in this fabricated report, that this Shanghai girl who couldn't adjust to rural life and this Jiangxi guy who doesn't understand urbanites split up this soon is probably best.
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在浙江的西面。它是浙江、安徽、江西和福建四个省的交界。
zài Zhèjiāng de xīmiàn 。tā shì Zhèjiāng 、Ānhuī 、Jiāngxī hé Fújiàn sì ge shěng de jiāojiè 。
It's in western Zhejiang. It's where the four provinces of Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, and Fujian come together.
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