金沙 [－－]

Jyutping gam1 saa1
Pinyin jīn shā

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. Jinsha county in Bijie prefecture 畢節地區|毕节地区[Bi4 jie2 di4 qu1], Guizhou
  2. Chinsha town in Kinmen County 金門縣|金门县[Jin1 men2 xian4] (Kinmen or Quemoy islands), Taiwan
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    gold dust, especially placer gold
    (syn.) 金粉
  2. name
    Jinsha (archaeological site in Sichuan province, China)
  3. name
    Jinsha County (a county of Bijie, Guizhou, China)
  4. name
    Jinsha River (upper reaches of the Yangtze River)
  5. name
    Jinsha (an urban township in Kinmen County, Taiwan)
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    蜜烧金沙骨
    蜜燒金沙骨
    mat6 siu1 gam1 saa1 gwat1
    • sweet barbecued pork ribs
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    宋代因为河中出现大量淘金人而改称金沙江。
    宋代因為河中出現大量淘金人而改稱金沙江。
    sòng dài yīn wéi hé zhōng chū xiàn dà liàng táo jīn rén ér gǎi chēng jīn shā jiāng ．
    • During the Song, because of the great number of prospectors in the river, it was renamed as the Jinsha River.