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Yen-Pien

Yen-Pien is the alternative form of Yanbian.

Meaning of Yanbian

Proper noun (1)

Yanbian

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    Yeonbyeon

Proper noun (2)

Yanbian

  1. 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...

Proper noun capitalized: Yen-pien

Yen-pien

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Yanbian.
    • After liberation, Chu became first Party secretary of the Yen-pien Korean Autonomous District, a vice-governor of Kirin province, and an alternate member of the Central Committee.1972, June Dreyer, “Traditional Minorities Elities and the CPR Elite Engaged in Minority Nationalities Work”, in Robert A. Scalapino, editor, Elites in the People's Republic of China, University of...
    • The Koreans
      Almost all the Koreans in China live in the north-eastern provinces. The greatest concentration is found in an area of approximately 1,200 square miles in Kirin Province, an area which is part of the Yen-pien Korean Autonomous Chou.1972, Leo A. Orleans, Every Fifth Child: The Population of China, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 117

Origin of Yen-Pien

From Mandarin 延邊 /延边 (Yánbiān) Wade–Giles romanization: Yen²-Pien¹.

From Mandarin 延邊 /延边 (Yánbiān) Wade–Giles romanization: Yen²-pien¹.

Questions about Yen-Pien

What is Yen-Pien the alternative form of?
Yen-Pien is the alternative form of Yanbian.
What part of speech is Yen-Pien?
Yen-Pien is a proper noun.

Words near Yen-Pien in the dictionary

  1. yen-hock
  2. yen-hocks
  3. yen-hok
  4. yen-hoks
  5. Yen-ling
  6. Yen-Pien
  7. Yen-t'ai
  8. Yen-tai
  9. Yen-tse
  10. Yen-tze
  11. Yen-tzu

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