Definition of "Ji"

Ji¹

/dʒi/

proper noun
1. (historical) An ancient settlement in northeastern China within modern Beijing
2. (historical) The state which it ruled
3. (historical) Yan, a later state and city at the same location

Ji²

/dʒi/

proper noun
1. A county of Linfen, Shanxi, China.
  Quotations
  At a brigade in Ji county in south-eastern Shanxi, not really in mountain country, yields per mou were raised from 56 jin to 194 jin during the 1970s.
  1985, Frank Leeming, Rural China Today‎, Longman, page 126
  Subject of poetry, art and legend, Hukou Waterfall is the second largest falls in China, located on the Yellow River, between Ji County, Shanxi Province and Yichuan County, Shaanixi[sic – meaning Shaanxi] Provine[sic – meaning Province].
  2010, Dong Huai, “Hukou Waterfall”, in Discovering China: 50 Amazing Places in China‎, Better Link Press, page 52
  Apple orchards in the city of Linfen, north China's Shanxi province, have been making steady progress toward a model of sustainable farming, helping create important economic opportunities for local farmers.The orchards are situated in Jixian county, an area well-known for its history of agriculture.]
  , archived from the original on 23 September 2020
  The 34.2 kilometre (21.3 mile) pipeline, which will be built by Qinjin Natural Gas Co, is designed to have annual gas transmission capacity of 3.3 billion cubic metres and connect Ji county in Shanxi and Yichuan county in Shaanxi.
  2021 July 5, Muyu Xu, Shivani Singh, “China approves a $55 mln gas pipeline in northern China”, in Louise Heavens, editor, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 05 July 2021, Energy