Yongcheng

See also: Yǒngchéng

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 永城 (Yǒngchéng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔŋ.tʃɛŋ/, enPR: yo͝ongʹchǔngʹ

Proper noun

Yongcheng

1. A county-level city in Shangqiu, Henan, China, formerly a county.
   • [1938 June 11, “Outstanding Events in the Sino-Japanese War”, in The China Weekly Review‎^[2], volume 85, number 2, →OCLC, page 59, column 2:

     May 13.—Serious threat to Chinese position in Hsuchow area eaused by Japanese advance towards Lunghai Railway from south. Japanese column which captured (May 11) Yungcheng, in southeast Honan, near Anhwei-Shantung border, is only 60 kilometers from Lunghai Railway, west of Hsuchow. Situation at Yungcheng and Mengcheng (45 miles northwest of Pengpu) obscure; considerable fighting raging in vicinity of both cities, but report of their recapture by Chinese lacking confirmation.]

   • 1994, Mobilizing the Masses: Building Revolution in Henan‎^[3], Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 205:

     Wu Xinrong, also a Xiao county native, was a landlord who controlled a local armed force. He was also a mayor and had jurisdiction over the counties of Xiayi, Yongcheng (both in Henan), and Dangshan (Anhui). Liu Ziren, a native of Yongcheng county (Henan), was an old-style army commander. These three local power holders were recruited into the Communist camp at the beginning of the Sino-Japanese War through coalition politics.

   • 2013 June 19, Ben Blanchard, “China executes official for child rapes after online uproar”, in Clarence Fernandez, editor, Reuters‎^[4], archived from the original on 2023-05-14, WORLD NEWS‎^[5]:

     Li Xingong, who was the party’s deputy head in Yongcheng city in Henan province, was found guilty of assaulting the girls during police interrogations starting from the second half of 2011, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

Translations

county-level city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 永城 (zh) (Yǒngchéng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Yongcheng”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3531, column 1