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Yanzi

Syllables: Yan·zi/ˈjæn.zi/

Yanzi proper noun: a river or creek of Gansu, part of the Yangtze watershed. Also the misspelling of Yangzi.

Proper noun

Yanzi

  1. A river or creek of Gansu, part of the Yangtze watershed.
  2. A town in Hefeng, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China, formerly a township.

Also used as

Yanzi is also the misspelling of Yangzi.

Forms of Yanzi

alternative formYen-tzu
alternative formYen-tse
alternative formYen-tze

Origin of Yanzi

The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 燕子 (Yànzǐ), meaning "swallow" (the bird).

Questions about Yanzi

What does Yanzi mean?
Yanzi means a river or creek of Gansu, part of the Yangtze watershed.
What part of speech is Yanzi?
Yanzi is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Yanzi?
Yanzi is pronounced /ˈjæn.zi/.

Words near Yanzi in the dictionary

  1. Yanworth
  2. yanyuedao
  3. Yanyula
  4. Yanyulan
  5. Yanyuwa
  6. Yanzi
  7. Yao
  8. Yao graph
  9. Yao graphs
  10. Yao's lemma
  11. Yao's principle

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