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Yixing

Syllables: Yi·xing

Yixing proper noun: a county-level city of Jiangsu, in eastern China known for pottery.

Proper noun

Yixing

  1. A county-level city of Jiangsu, in eastern China known for pottery.

Forms of Yixing

alternative formYi Xing
alternative formI-hing
alternative formIhing
alternative formY-hing
alternative formYhing
alternative formI-hsing
alternative formIhsing
alternative form (obsolete)Gnihing

Origin of Yixing

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 宜興 /宜兴 (Yíxīng).

Words formed from Yixing

Phrases with Yixing

Questions about Yixing

What does Yixing mean?
Yixing means a county-level city of Jiangsu, in eastern China known for pottery.
What part of speech is Yixing?
Yixing is a proper noun.

Words near Yixing in the dictionary

  1. yiven
  2. yives
  3. yiving
  4. YIVO
  5. Yiwu
  6. Yixing
  7. Yixing ware
  8. Yixing wares
  9. yixunite
  10. Yiyang
  11. Yiyuan

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