Chinese

Proper noun

金沙江

1. The Jinsha River, the upper course of the Yangtze in western Sichuan.

   宋代因為河中出現大量淘金人而改稱金沙江。 [MSC, trad.]

   宋代因为河中出现大量淘金人而改称金沙江。 [MSC, simp.]

   Sòngdài yīnwéi hé zhōng chūxiàn dàliàng táojīnrén ér gǎichēng jīnshājiāng. [Pinyin]

   During the Song, because of the great number of prospectors in the river, it was renamed as the Jinsha River.

Synonyms

• 長江／长江 (Cháng Jiāng)
• (historical) 黑水 (Hēishuǐ)