Yuci

See also: yúcì and yǔcí

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 榆次 (Yúcì).

Proper noun

Yuci

1. A district of Jinzhong, Shanxi, China.
   • [1922 December 29, “Roads in North China”, in The Engineer‎^[1], volume CXXXIV, number 3496, London, →OCLC, page 682, column 2:

     SHANSI ROADS. […]
     In August of this year and immediately following fairly heavy rains in this district, the writer made three attempts in as many days to get out on to the Yutzu or Fenchowfu sections, but failed to do so even when using two coolies to the one ricksha. […] Fig. 2 shows the customary neglect even in a main street running north and south through Yutzu, one of the most important commercial centers in the province. Yutzu is a walled city, and prior to 1913, when the Chengtai Railroad was completed, goods were forwarded to this place from the Chihli province for distribution.]

   • 1995 December 18, “Jingwei Textile faces flotation fight”, in South China Morning Post‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2 December 2023‎^[3]:

     Founded in 1954 in Yuci, Shanxi province, Jingwei is China's biggest textile machinery maker.

   • 2021 March 4, Ryan Woo, Roxanne Liu, Hyonhee Shin, Inti Landauro, Ludwig Burger, Stephanie Nebehay, Tom Daly, “Factbox: China's anal tests for coronavirus upset visitors”, in Clarence Fernandez, editor, Reuters‎^[4], archived from the original on 2021-03-05, World News‎^[5]:

     Workers in protective suits collect environmental samples for COVID-19 testing at a village after 2 asymptomatic coronavirus cases were reported, in Yuci district of Jinzhong, Shanxi province, China January 12, 2021.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 榆次 (zh) (Yúcì)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Yuci”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3537, column 2