Yung-an

English

Map including YUNG-AN (AMS, 1954)

Etymology

From Mandarin 永安 (Yǒng'ān) Wade–Giles romanization: Yung³-an¹.

Proper noun

Yung-an

1. Alternative form of Yong'an
   • 1948 February, Albert Faurot, “New Music for an Ancient Land”, in The Etude‎^[1], volume LXVI, number 2, →OCLC, page 112:

     While waiting for communications to open for my return to America on furlough, I made the trip to Yung-an by boat and bus.
     The last lap of the journey was made by ricksha out into the country from Yung-an....Though they had been here in Yung-an only a few weeks, they welcomed me as old members of the institution, and led me to Prof. Lee's bungalow, where my older pupil, Laurence Lee, and his wife were waiting for me.

   • 1977 October 6 [1977 June], “Vinylon Factory in Fukien”, in People's Republic of China Scientific Abstracts‎^[2], number 177, United States Joint Publications Research Service, →OCLC, page 4:

     The Fukien Vinylon Factory is located 7 highway kilometers from the county seat of Yung-an County, but only 4 kilometers away, via a special railway.

   • 1995, Peter Rand, China Hands‎^[3], Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 269:

     Many coastal Chinese had fled to Yung-an, and my father was able to hire a Foochow chef, who prepared food that was considered the best of any U.S. outpost in that part of China. He ran his outfit at night. This involved interception of longwave Japanese radio messages from the coast, and the relay of intelligence to Chungking. He also oversaw a team of translators who turned out a Chinese version of U.S. propaganda for distribution to local Chinese newspapers situated throughout southwest China. He was a night owl by nature. “ ‘Early to rise, early to bed, makes a man poor, foolish and dead’ is my preferred version of that particular adage,” my father once wrote.¹³ In Yung-an, he worked at night, and took naps during the day. He slept in a bedroll, fully clothed, the way the Chinese did, to stay warm. He roamed the local hills by himself, but he was not without companionship when he wanted it. He ate with Chinese friends in the local chop shops when he went to town and made use of the local bathhouse.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Yung-an.

Translations

Yong'an — see Yong'an

Anagrams

• Nyunga