Nanjing

American  

[nahn-jing] / ˈnɑnˈdʒɪŋ /

(Older Spelling) Nanking

Or Nanching

noun

Pinyin.

1. a port in and the capital of Jiangsu province, in eastern China, on the Chang Jiang: a former capital of China.

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Nanjing British  

/ ˈnænˈtʃɪŋ, ˈnænˈkɪŋ, ˈnænˈdʒɪŋ /

noun

1. a port in E central China, capital of Jiangsu province, on the Yangtze River: capital of the Chinese empire and a literary centre from the 14th to 17th centuries; capital of Nationalist China (1928–37); site of a massacre of about 300 000 civilians by the invading Japanese army in 1937; university (1928). Pop: 2 806 000 (2005 est)

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Nanjing Cultural  

1. City in eastern China on the Yangtze River, northeast of Shanghai; an industrial and transportation center.

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During the Second Sino-Japanese War in the 1930s, Nanjing was the scene of a Japanese massacre (the Rape of Nanking) and became the seat of a puppet regime established by the Japanese.

China's imperial capital on several occasions, it was made capital of the Republic of China by Sun Yat-sen in 1912 after the Chinese Revolution, by Nationalist forces of Chiang Kai-shek from 1928 to 1937, and again from 1946 to 1949.

Example Sentences

A research team from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics has now developed a new solution: a floating droplet electricity generator that uses natural water as part of its structure.

From Science Daily

Ten days later, he was put on a plane to the Chinese city of Nanjing -- flanked by police officers.

From Barron's

In June 2025, Swansea University announced its biggest transnational education arrangement so far to establish an institute with Nanjing Tech University in China.

From BBC

Dead To Rights, or Nanjing Photo Studio, is a star-studded tale about a group of civilians who hide from Japanese troops in a photo studio.

From BBC

After missing the 2025 World Indoors in Nanjing in March, Mills and his team had focused on 1500m races so as to avoid tiring him out over longer distances.

From BBC