Yicheng

See also: yīchéng, yìchéng, and Yìchéng

English

Alternative forms

• I-ch'eng (Wade–Giles)

Pronunciation

• enPR: yēʹchǔngʹ

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 宜城 (Yíchéng).

Alternative forms

• Icheng (Postal Romanization)

Proper noun

Yicheng

1. A county-level city in Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
   • 2013, Wenling Jiang, Yu He, “Space Distribution Pattern Research and Optimization Analysis of Rural Settlements in Yicheng City”, in Sustainable Cities Development and Environment Protection‎^[2], →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 50:

     Yicheng City which is located within 31°27'N-31°54"N and 111°57'E-112°45'E in the Middle of Hubei Province [and] covers an area of 2,045 square kilometers.

2. An economic and technological development zone in Yicheng, Xiangyang, Hubei, China.

Translations

a county-level city and an economic and technological development zone in central China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 宜城 (zh) (Yíchéng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 翼城 (Yìchéng).

Proper noun

Yicheng

1. A county of Linfen, Shanxi, China.
   • 2015 October 30, Edward Wong, “One-Child Rule Is Gone in China, but Trauma Lingers for Many”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-10-31, Asia Pacific‎^[4]:

     Mr. Liang proposed a pilot project in Shanxi, which was approved. That project, in rural Yicheng County, was carried out in secret for decades and ultimately showed that China’s birthrate would have declined naturally.

   • 2020 December 17, Sidney Leng, “China trades rainwater for first time, but analysts say unstable trading system is far from being market-driven”, in South China Morning Post‎^[5], archived from the original on 17 December 2020‎^[6]:

     At least a dozen provinces in China are suffering from water scarcity. A villager in Yicheng county, Shanxi province, is seen here collecting rainwater.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 翼城 (zh) (Yìchéng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 3

From Mandarin 驛城／驿城 (Yìchéng).

Proper noun

Yicheng

1. A district of Zhumadian, Henan, China.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 驛城 / 驿城 (zh) (Yìchéng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Yicheng”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[7], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3527, column 3