晋江市

晉江市

Jìnjiāng Shì

proper noun

Meanings

1 Jinjiang, county-level city under Quanzhou in Fujian, a centre of the sportswear and shoe industry

HSK 4

晋江市有很多做运动鞋的工厂。

Jìnjiāng Shì yǒu hěnduō zuò yùndòngxié de gōngchǎng.

Jinjiang has lots of factories making sports shoes.

HSK 7-9

安踏和特步都是从晋江市起家的运动品牌。

Āntà hé Tèbù dōu shì cóng Jìnjiāng Shì qǐjiā de yùndòng pǐnpái.

Anta and Xtep are both sportswear brands that got their start in Jinjiang.

usage

Without the 市, 晋江 is also the river the city is named after, and to many young readers it means the web-novel site 晋江文学城.

history

The river is said to take its name from northern families who settled on its banks after the Jin dynasty (晋朝) lost the north in the 4th century.

晋 Jìn

江 jiāng

市 shì