Jinan

American  

[jee-nahn] / ˈdʒiˈnɑn /

Or Chinan,

noun

Pinyin.

1. a city in and the capital of Shandong province, in E China.

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Jinan British  

/ ˈdʒiːˈnæn /

noun

1. an industrial city in NE China, capital of Shandong province; probably over 3000 years old. Pop: 2 654 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

In 2025, the Jinan-1 microsatellite pushed this work further by establishing a 12,900 km quantum connection between China and South Africa.

From Science Daily

It is just what one high school student in Jinan city, 350km away, needed to hear.

From BBC

Vable Liu, a 29-year-old English teacher in Jinan, the capital of China’s Shandong province, said about a third of her friends are dinks.

From Los Angeles Times

The charges against Liu, who has been under investigation for more than 10 months, were brought in the city of Jinan in eastern China’s Shandong province.

From Seattle Times

Her family first resettled in the West Bank, where Jinan's mother was born, before coming to the US in 1981.

From BBC