Ji·nan also Tsi·nan (j??nän?) A city of northeast China on the Yellow River south-southeast of Beijing. It is the capital of Shandong province.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Jinan (?d?i??næn) , Chinan or Tsinann (Placename) an industrial city in NE China, capital of Shandong province; probably over 3000 years old. Pop: 2 654 000 (2005 est)Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014Ji?nan or Tsi?nan (?d?i?n?n) n. the capital of Shandong province, in E China. 2,320,000. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.