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jīng

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Definitions

  1. 1. chaste tree or berry (Vitex agnus-castus)
  2. 2. alternative name for the Zhou Dynasty state of Chu 楚國|楚国[chǔ guó]

Words Containing 荆

荆州市
jīng zhōu shì

Jingzhou prefecture-level city on Changjiang in Hubei

识荆恨晚
shí jīng hèn wǎn

It is a great honor to meet you and I regret it is not sooner

问荆
wèn jīng

field horsetail (Equisetum arvense)

荆楚网视
jīng chǔ wǎng shì

IPTV (PRC media network)

荆门市
jīng mén shì

Jingmen prefecture-level city in Hubei

大意失荆州
dà yi shī jīng zhōu

lit. to lose Jingzhou due to carelessness (idiom)

荆棘
jīng jí

thistles and thorns

大紫荆勋章
dà zǐ jīng xūn zhāng

Great Bauhinia Medal (GBM), Hong Kong's highest honor

识荆
shí jīng

It is a great honor to meet you.

荆轲
jīng kē

Jing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse and fiction as would-be assassin of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇)

荆山
jīng shān

Thorny mountain (several)

洋紫荆
yáng zǐ jīng

Hong Kong orchid (Bauhinia blakeana)

荆门
jīng mén

Jingmen prefecture-level city in Hubei

班荆相对
bān jīng xiāng duì

to treat sb with courtesy (idiom)

荆江
jīng jiāng

Jingjiang section of the Changjiang River 長江|长江, Hunan

负荆请罪
fù jīng qǐng zuì

lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom)

披荆斩棘
pī jīng zhǎn jí

lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom)

荆州区
jīng zhōu qū

Jingzhou district of Jingzhou city 荊州市|荆州市[jīng zhōu shì], Hubei

荆州
jīng zhōu

Jingzhou prefecture-level city on Changjiang in Hubei

荆楚网
jīng chǔ wǎng

IPTV (PRC media network)

荆榛满目
jīng zhēn mǎn mù

thorns and brambles as far as eye can see (idiom); beset by troubles

荆棘载途
jīng jí zài tú

lit. a path covered in brambles

拙荆
zhuō jīng

my wife (humble)

紫荆
zǐ jīng

Chinese redbud (Cercis chinensis)