Yangzi Jiang

See also: Yángzǐ Jiāng

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 揚子江 / 扬子江 (Yángzǐ Jiāng).

Proper noun

Yangzi Jiang

1. Synonym of Yangtze: a major river in China, the third-longest river in the world.
   • 1979, Ronald Francis Price, Education in Modern China‎^[1], Routledge & Kegan Paul, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 93:

     The most important inland water transport takes place along three great rivers, the Xi-jiang (West River) by Guangzhou (Canton); the Yangzi Jiang, which links Shanghai, Wuhan and Chongqing (Chungking); and the Songhua Jiang (Sungari) which passes through Ha’erbin (Harbin) in the north-east.

   • 1986, Thomas Tsu-wee Tan, “About Surnames and their Origins”, in Your Chinese Roots: The Overseas Chinese Story‎^[2], 1st American edition, Union City, CA: Heian International, Inc., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 199:

     The family of Ke had their roots in southern China. They came from the state of Wu, which was a large territory roughly south of the Yangzi Jiang, in present-day Wuxi county, Jiangsu province.

   • 1990, Michael Loewe, “The Gifts of Nature and their Problems”, in The Pride that was China (Sidgwick & Jackson Great Civilizations Series)‎^[3], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3:

     The second of China’s best-known rivers, the Yangzi Jiang (also known as the Chang Jiang), is fed by a number of tributaries that rise from that central massif that lies to the west. Crossing the Sichuan basin, the Yangzi strides across succeeding provinces in an easterly direction, finally reaching the sea close to Shanghai.

French

Alternative forms

• Yang-Tsze-Kiang (obsolete)
• Yang Tse Kiang (dated)

Proper noun

Yangzi Jiang m

1. Synonym of Yangtsé: Yangtze (a major river in China)