Yanbian
Syllables: Yan·bian
Yanbian proper noun: a Korean autonomous prefecture of Jilin, China.
Proper noun (1)
Yanbian
- A Korean autonomous prefecture of Jilin, China.
- Korean is spoken by a sizable minority in the North-eastern provinces. Yet forty-six percent of all Koreans in China, 540,000 people, live in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous District along the Tumen river.1975, “The National Minority Languages of China”, in Winfred P. Lehmann, editor, Language and Linguistics in the People's Republic of China, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 124
- There are plenty of soldiers in the surrounding Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, the official Chinese name for the region, mounting guard along the nearby border with the DPRK.[...]Yanbian, Yanji apart, is one of the least densely populated regions of China outside the high plateau of Tibet...2014, David Eimer, The Emperor Far Away: Travels at the Edge of China, Bloomsbury USA, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 254
- Synonyms:
- Yeonbyeon
Proper noun (2)
Yanbian
- A county of Panzhihua, Sichuan, China.
- On the winding road back to Futian, Mr. Tian told me that he had migrated to Futian from Yanbian County, in the northwestern part of Panzhihua Municipality, and had been working at the coking plant for more than two years.2010, Bryan Tilt, “Saying Farewell to Communal Capital”, in The Struggle for Sustainability in Rural China: Environmental Values and Civil Society, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN...
Yanbian meaning in Vietnamese
Yanbian in Vietnamese
- Korean autonomous prefecture in northeast China
- Diên Biên
Synonyms of Yanbian
Forms of Yanbian
| alternative form | Yenpien |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Yen-pien |
| alternative form | Yen-Pien |
Origin of Yanbian
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 延邊 /延边 (Yánbiān).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鹽邊 /盐边 (Yánbiān).
Questions about Yanbian
- What does Yanbian mean?
- Yanbian means a Korean autonomous prefecture of Jilin, China.
- What is Yanbian in Vietnamese?
- Yanbian in Vietnamese is Diên Biên. See Yanbian meaning in Vietnamese.
- What part of speech is Yanbian?
- Yanbian is a proper noun.
Words near Yanbian in the dictionary
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