岷江

Mínjiāng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Min River, river in Sichuan and tributary of the Yangtze, on which the Dujiangyan irrigation works stand

Characters

Min (the Min Mountains, where the river rises)

Examples

HSK 7-9

都江堰建在岷江上。

Dūjiāngyàn jiàn zài Mínjiāng shàng.

Dujiangyan was built on the Min River.

HSK 7-9

岷江和金沙江在宜宾汇合，从这里开始叫长江。

Mínjiāng hé Jīnshā Jiāng zài Yíbīn huìhé, cóng zhèli kāishǐ jiào Chángjiāng.

The Min and the Jinsha meet at Yibin, and from here on the river is called the Changjiang.

Tips

history

Around 256 BC 李冰, governor of Shu for the state of Qin, split the Min at Dujiangyan into an inner and an outer channel. The works still water the Chengdu Plain (成都平原) without a dam.

Stroke Order

岷 Mín

江 jiāng