金沙江

Traditional form:

金沙江

Pinyin (reading):

Jīnshā Jiāng

Definitions:

• Jinsha River, the upper course of the Yangtze River 長江／长江 ( Cháng Jiāng) in southwestern China

Characters:

• 金 - gold, metal; money
• 沙 - sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated
• 江 - large river; the Yangtze; surname

Traditional characters:

• 金 - gold, metal; money
• 沙 - sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated
• 江 - large river; the Yangtze; surname