Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- jiāng
- Jiāng
English
- surname
- surname Jiang
- variant of 薑|姜[jiang1]
- a surname, usually transliterated as "Keung"
- ginger
粵語
- 姓
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 姜
- 子姜zi2 goeng1
young ginger
- 姜文goeng1 man4
Jiang Wen (1963-), sixth generation Chinese movie director
- 姜子牙goeng1 zi2 ngaa4
Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2] and purported author of “Six Secret Strategic Teachings” 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
- 孟姜女maang6 goeng1 neoi5
heroine of Qin dynasty 秦朝 folk tale, who searched for her husband, and whose tears broke down a stretch of the Great Wall to reveal his body
- 姜戎goeng1 jung4
Jiang Rong (1946-), pseudonym of Lü Jiamin 呂嘉民|吕嘉民[Lu:3 Jia1 min2], Chinese writer
- 姜堰goeng1 jin2
see 姜堰區|姜堰区[Jiang1 yan4 Qu1]
- 姜太公goeng1 taai3 gung1
see Jiang Ziya 姜子牙[Jiang1 Zi3 ya2]
- 姜石年goeng1 sek6 nin4
Jiang Shinian (c. 2000 BC), birth name of Shennong 神農|神农[Sheng2 nong2] Farmer God, first of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] and creator of agriculture in China
- 姜堰區goeng1 jin2 keoi1
Jiangyan, a district of Taizhou City 泰州市[Tai4 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangsu
- 姜太公釣魚goeng1 taai3 gung1 diu3 jyu2