Jìn
noun #22,607

Meanings

  1. 1 Jin Dynasty (265–420 AD)
  2. 2 abbreviation for Shanxi province (山西)
  3. 3 surname Jin
  4. 4 to advance; to promote (literary)

Examples

Jìncháo fēn wéi Xī Jìn hé Dōng Jìn liǎng gè shíqī.
The Jin Dynasty is divided into the Western Jin and Eastern Jin periods.
Tā shēngzhí le, jìnshēng wéi bùmén jīnglǐ.
He was promoted to department manager.

Tips

history
(Jin) refers to the dynasty that succeeded the Three Kingdoms period. Western Jin (西 265–316) briefly unified China; Eastern Jin ( 317–420) ruled southern China after nomadic invasions. also abbreviates 山西 (Shanxi) province, which was the ancient state of Jin.

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