| 晋州市 |
Jìn zhōu Shì |
Jinzhou, county-level city in Shijiazhuang 石家庄市, Hebei |
| 晋 |
Jìn |
surname Jin / the Jin Dynasties (265–420) / Western Jin 西晋 (265–316), Eastern Jin 东晋 (317–420) and Later Jin Dynasty (936–946) / short name for Shanxi province 山西 |
| 晋 |
jìn |
to move forward / to promote / to advance |
| 晋州 |
Jìn zhōu |
see 晋州市 / Jin Prefecture, established under the Northern Wei dynasty in 528, centered on present-day Linfen 临汾市 in Shanxi |
| 州 |
zhōu |
prefecture / (old) province / (old) administrative division / state (e.g. of US) / oblast (Russia) / canton (Switzerland) |
| 市 |
shì |
market / city / municipality (administrative unit) / (literary) to trade; to buy and sell goods |