Linyi

English

Alternative forms

• Lin-i (Wade–Giles)

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 臨沂 / 临沂 (Línyí).

Proper noun

Linyi

1. A prefecture-level city in southern Shandong, China.
   • 2009 July 14, Liu Zhen, Lucy Hornby, “China bans electro-shock therapy for Internet addicts”, in Miral Fahmy, editor, Reuters‎^[1], archived from the original on 13 May 2022, Lifestyle‎^[2]:

     China has banned electro-shock therapy as a treatment for Internet addiction, citing uncertainty in the safety and effectiveness of the practice after criticism in the local media.
     The Ministry of Health announcement followed recent media reports about a controversial psychiatrist in Linyi, Shandong Province, who administered electric currents to nearly 3,000 teenagers in an attempt to rid them of their Internet habit.

Translations

a prefecture-level city in China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 臨沂 / 临沂 (zh) (Línyí)

• Hungarian: Linji (hu)
• Japanese: 臨沂 (りんぎ, Ringi)
• Korean: 린이 (Rini)
• Russian: Линьи́ m (Linʹí)
• Vietnamese: Lâm Nghi

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 臨猗 / 临猗.

Proper noun

Linyi

1. A county of Yuncheng, Shanxi, China.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 臨猗 / 临猗 (zh)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Linyi”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[3], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1747, column 3