Jiangsu

See also: Jiāngsū

English

Alternative forms

• Kiangsu, Kiang-su, Kiang Su, Keangsoo, Keang-soo, Chiang-su, Kiang-Sou (obsolete or historical)
• Jiang Su

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 江蘇 / 江苏 (Jiāngsū, “Jiangning [i.e., Nanjing] and Suzhou”), from the province's two major cities.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uː

Proper noun

Jiangsu

1. A province of China, northeast of the mouth of the Yangtze River. Capital: Nanjing.

   Meronym: Nanjing

   • 2022 February 19, Huizhong Wu, “Behind China’s Olympics, the saga of a chained woman unfolds”, in AP News‎^[2], archived from the original on 19 February 2022‎^[3]:

     Days before the Lunar New Year holiday began on Feb. 1, a video spread online from a village in Feng county, located in Jiangsu province on the coast.

Derived terms

• Jiangsunese

Translations

Chinese province

• Arabic: جْيَانْغْسُو m (jyanḡsū)
• Armenian: Ցզյանսու (Cʻzyansu)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 江蘇 / 江苏 (gong¹ sou¹)

  Eastern Min: 江蘇 / 江苏 (Gŏng-sŭ)

  Hakka: 江蘇 / 江苏 (Kông-sû)

  Hokkien: 江蘇 / 江苏 (Kang-so͘)

  Mandarin: 江蘇 / 江苏 (zh) (Jiāngsū)

• Czech: Ťiang-su
• French: Jiangsu (fr) m
• Georgian: ძიანსუ (ʒiansu)
• German: Jiangsu n
• Greek: Τσιανγκσού (Tsiangksoú)
• Hungarian: Csiangszu (hu)
• Japanese: 江蘇 (こうそ, Kōso)
• Korean: 장쑤 (Jangssu), 강소 (ko) (Gangso)
• Latin: Chiamsia, provincia Chiamsuana, provincia Nanchinensis
• Latvian: Dzjansu
• Lithuanian: Dziangsu
• Macedonian: Џиа́нгсу (Džiángsu)
• Manchu: ᡤᡳᠶᠠᠩᠰᡠ (giyangsu)
• Portuguese: Jiangsu m
• Russian: Цзянсу́ (ru) f (Czjansú)
• Spanish: Jiangsu
• Thai: เจียงซู
• Vietnamese: Giang Tô (vi)
• Zhuang: Gyanghsuh

Further reading

• “Jiangsu”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• Jiangsu, Kiangsu, Kiang-su, Kiang Su, Keangsoo, Keang-soo, Chiang-su, Kiang-Sou, Jiang Su at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• “Jiangsu”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Jiangsu”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Jiangsu” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Jiangsu”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1446, column 2: “The name sometimes spelled Kiangsu.”

French

Alternative forms

• Kiang-Sou (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒjɑ̃ŋ.su/

Proper noun

Jiangsu m

1. Jiangsu (a province of China)

   Meronym: Nankin

Portuguese

Proper noun

Jiangsu m

1. Jiangsu (a province of China)