荆

荆轲

jīng kē

Jing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse and fiction as would-be assassin of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇)

披荆斩棘

pī jīng zhǎn jí

lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom)

荆州市

jīng zhōu shì

Jingzhou, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3]

问荆

wèn jīng

field horsetail (Equisetum arvense)

大意失荆州

dà yi shī jīng zhōu

lit. to lose Jingzhou due to carelessness (idiom)

大紫荆勋章

dà zǐ jīng xūn zhāng

Great Bauhinia Medal (GBM), established in 1997 as the highest award under Hong Kong's honors and awards system

寒荆

hán jīng

(polite) my wife (old)

拙荆

zhuō jīng

my wife (humble)

洋紫荆

yáng zǐ jīng

Hong Kong orchid (Bauhinia blakeana)

班荆相对

bān jīng xiāng duì

to treat sb with courtesy (idiom)

紫荆

zǐ jīng

Chinese redbud (Cercis chinensis)

荆山

jīng shān

Thorny mountain (several)