Yancheng

See also: yánchéng, Yánchéng, yánchěng, yǎnchéng, Yǎnchéng, and yànchèng

English

Alternative forms

• Yencheng (Postal Romanization)
• Yen-ch'eng, Yen-ch'êng (Wade–Giles)

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 郾城 (Yǎnchéng).

Proper noun

Yancheng

1. A district of Luohe, Henan, China.

Translations

district in central China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 郾城 (zh) (Yǎnchéng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Yencheng or Yen-ch’eng”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎^[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 2121, column 3
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Yancheng”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[2], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3513, column 3

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鹽城／盐城 (Yánchéng).

Proper noun

Yancheng

1. A prefecture-level city in Jiangsu, China.
   • [1993 [1992 October 1], Pei-tsun Hau, Straight Talk‎^[3], Taipei: Government Information Office, →ISBN, →OCLC, page [4]:

     Hau Pei-tsun was born on August 24, 1919 into an educated, well-to-do farming family in Yencheng County, Kiangsu Province.]

   • 2023 June 22, “Building collapses, gas blasts, mine cave-ins and more. Deadly accidents are commonplace in China”, in AP News‎^[5], archived from the original on 22 June 2023‎^[6]:

     In March, 78 people were killed in a blast at a chemical plant in the eastern city of Yancheng that had numerous safety violations.

Translations

prefecture-level city in eastern China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鹽城／盐城 (zh) (Yánchéng)

• Hungarian: Jencseng (hu)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Yencheng or Yen-ch’eng”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎^[7], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 2121, column 3
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Yancheng”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[8], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3513, column 3

Etymology 3

From Mandarin 鹽埕／盐埕 (Yánchéng).

Proper noun

Yancheng

1. A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
   • 2021 October 14, Ben Blanchard, “More than 40 feared dead in fire in southern Taiwan”, in Peter Graff, editor, Reuters‎^[9], archived from the original on 14 October 2021, Asia Pacific‎^[10]:

     The fire broke out in the 40-year-old building in Kaohsiung's Yancheng district in the early hours of the morning and was extinguished around dawn.

   • 2022 August 5, Hsueh-kuang Hung, Lee Hsin-Yin, “Woman gets life imprisonment for Kaohsiung building fire that killed 46”, in Focus Taiwan‎^[11], archived from the original on 05 August 2022, Society:

     The fire in the city's Yancheng District was the second deadliest building fire in Taiwan after a blaze at the Weierkang Club in Taichung that killed 64 people in February 1995.

   • 2022 September 24, “Festival kicks off in Kaohsiung to bring new life to old town”, in Focus Taiwan (Sponsored Content)‎^[12], archived from the original on 24 September 2022‎^[13]:

     A multi-day festival featuring exhibitions and music performances kicked off in Kaohsiung's Yancheng District on Saturday, bringing new life to a district known for its rich cultural and historical heritage.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Yancheng.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鹽埕／盐埕 (zh) (Yánchéng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can