Jinhua

See also: jìnhuà and Jīnhuá

English

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) Kinhwa
• (obsolete) Chin-hua
• Chinhua

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 金華 / 金华 (Jīnhuá, literally “golden flourishing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪnˈhwɑː/
• enPR: jĭn′hwä′
• Hyphenation: Jin‧hua

Proper noun

Jinhua

1. A major city in central Zhejiang, in eastern China.
   • [1941, Joy Homer, Dawn Watch in China‎^[1], →OCLC, page 6:

     From Wenchow there was a bus route to Kinhua, the provincial capital; and from Kinhua a railroad led straight inland to Nanchang.]

   • 2005 October 9, Andrew Yang, “The Remix; Art Park”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 May 2015, Magazine‎^[3]:

     An international flock of young architects has left its imprint on Jinhua, a city about four hours south of Shanghai. Since March 2004, 17 pavilions have risen there, all set on a 44-acre riverfront park.

   • 2013 May 28, Ben Blanchard, Sally Huang, “Abandoned Chinese baby rescued from toilet pipe”, in Michael Perry, editor, Reuters‎^[4], sourced from BEIJING (Reuters), archived from the original on 21 March 2025:

     In the latest case the infant was found in the sewage pipe in a residential building in Jinhua in the wealthy coastal province of Zhejiang on Saturday afternoon after residents reported the sound of a baby crying, state television said late on Monday.

   • 2015 November 20, Erika Kinetz, Yu Bing, Fu Ting, “China breaks up $64 billion underground banking network”, in AP News‎^[5], archived from the original on 07 March 2023‎^[6]:

     Over 370 people were detained, prosecuted or otherwise reprimanded in the case, police in Jinhua city said in a statement on their website. Jinhua is in Zhejiang province on China’s eastern coast, a zone known for its shadowy financial networks.

Derived terms

• Jinhua ham

Translations

city in Zhejiang

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 金華 / 金华 (gam¹ waa⁴)

  Mandarin: 金華 / 金华 (zh) (Jīnhuá)

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