On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Jiangnan. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Jiangnan in a sentence
Jiangnan meaning
- A roughly defined area of China always including the lands south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze in Shanghai, southern Jiangsu, and northern Zhejiang, sometimes inclusive of its cultural sphere north of the river and sometimes extending south as far as Guangdong.
- A province of Qing-era China, now divided into Jiangsu and Anhui.
Using Jiangnan
- The main meaning on this page is: A roughly defined area of China always including the lands south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze in Shanghai, southern Jiangsu, and northern Zhejiang, sometimes inclusive of its cultural sphere north of the river and sometimes extending south as far as Guangdong. | A province of Qing-era China, now divided into Jiangsu and Anhui.
- In the example corpus, jiangnan often appears in combinations such as: jiangnan canal, the jiangnan.
Context around Jiangnan
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Jiangnan
- In this selection, "jiangnan" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, new, approached, canal, university and facilities stand out and add context to how "jiangnan" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are the jiangnan canal the and canal the jiangnan canal this. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "jiangnan" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with jiangnan
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
China has a carrier under construction at Shanghai’s Jiangnan Shipyard. (11 words)
The region is also known as Dongnan (東南, South East, the Southeast) and Jiangnan (江南, River South, south of Yangtze). (20 words)
The water level in the Jiangnan Canal remains scarcely above sea level (the Zhenjiang ridge is 12 meters higher than the Yangzi River). (23 words)
Koh, a research fellow at Singapore’s S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, said the new Jiangnan facilities looked permanent and reflected China’s long-held ambitions to bulk up its fleet with more carriers and other large vessels. (39 words)
The collaborative project was co-led by QUT visiting researcher Professor Shaoqing Xiao from Jiangnan University and Professor Kostya (Ken) Ostrikov from the QUT School of Chemistry and Physics and QUT Centre for Materials Science. (35 words)
Jiangnan Canal The Jiangnan Canal This southernmost section of the canal runs from Hangzhou in Zhejiang, where the canal connects with the Qiantang River, to Zhenjiang in Jiangsu, where it meets the Yangtze. (33 words)
Example sentences (10)
Jiangnan Canal The Jiangnan Canal This southernmost section of the canal runs from Hangzhou in Zhejiang, where the canal connects with the Qiantang River, to Zhenjiang in Jiangsu, where it meets the Yangtze.
The collaborative project was co-led by QUT visiting researcher Professor Shaoqing Xiao from Jiangnan University and Professor Kostya (Ken) Ostrikov from the QUT School of Chemistry and Physics and QUT Centre for Materials Science.
Koh, a research fellow at Singapore’s S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, said the new Jiangnan facilities looked permanent and reflected China’s long-held ambitions to bulk up its fleet with more carriers and other large vessels.
China has a carrier under construction at Shanghai’s Jiangnan Shipyard.
Jiangnan Zhu, associate professor at the University of Hong Kong’s politics department, said the new commission would have agencies at national, provincial, prefectural and county levels, giving it countrywide reach.
Beset by factional conflicts, his regime could not offer effective resistance to Qing forces, when the Qing army, led by the Manchu prince Dodo approached Jiangnan the next spring.
From south to north these are the Jiangnan Canal, the Li Canal, the Zhong Canal, the Lu Canal, the South Canal, the North Canal, and the Tonghui River.
The only other viable contender with Suzhou in the Jiangnan region was Hangzhou, but it was located convert further down the Grand Canal and away from the main delta.
The region is also known as Dongnan (東南, South East, the Southeast) and Jiangnan (江南, River South, south of Yangtze).
The water level in the Jiangnan Canal remains scarcely above sea level (the Zhenjiang ridge is 12 meters higher than the Yangzi River).
Common combinations with jiangnan
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