Tianjin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A direct-administered municipality and major city in northern China, between Beijing and the Bohai Bay.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-Tianjin.wav tyěnʹjǐnʹ

Word forms

Tianjin Tien-tsin Tientsin T'ien-chin Tienchin

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 天津 (Tiānjīn, literally “heavenly ford; heavenly crossing”).

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