金沙江

Chinese

		gold dust, especially placer gold; Jinsha River	river
simp. and trad. (金沙江)		金沙	江

Etymology

Named for the placer gold throughout its course.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Jīnshājiāng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣㄕㄚㄐㄧㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ saa¹ gong¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Jīnshājiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣㄕㄚㄐㄧㄤ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jinshajiang
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʂa̠⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam¹ saa¹ gong¹
  - Yale: gām sā gōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ saa¹ gong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ sa¹ gong¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ sɑː⁵⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

金沙江

The Jinsha River, the upper course of the Yangtze in western Sichuan.

宋代因為河中出現大量淘金人而改稱金沙江。 [MSC, trad.]
宋代因为河中出现大量淘金人而改称金沙江。 [MSC, simp.]
Sòngdài yīnwéi hé zhōng chūxiàn dàliàng táojīnrén ér gǎichēng jīnshājiāng. [Pinyin]
During the Song, because of the great number of prospectors in the river, it was renamed as the Jinsha River.

Synonyms

長江／长江 (Cháng Jiāng)
(historical) 黑水 (Hēishuǐ)

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