Yongji
Syllables: Yong·ji/jɔŋ.d͡ʒi/
Yongji proper noun: a county of Jilin, Jilin, China.
Proper noun (1)
Yongji
- A county of Jilin, Jilin, China.
- Judging by the meteorites already re- covered, the shower covered an area of more than 500 square kilometres embracing six communes with a population of more than 100,000 on Kirin's outskirts and in Yungchi and Chiaoho counties.[…]
Large numbers of fragments fell in the area of the Lichia brigade...[1976 April 22 [1976 April 21], “Meteorite Shower, Fireball in Kirin Province”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 79, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from... - China's Premier Wen Jiabao waves to locals during his visit to the flood-hit Kouqian town of Yongji county, Jilin province August 3, 2010.2010 August 4, Ben Blanchard, “China says waters on North Korean border surge”, in Miral Fahmy, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 14 May 2023, ENVIRONMENT
- Judging by the meteorites already re- covered, the shower covered an area of more than 500 square kilometres embracing six communes with a population of more than 100,000 on Kirin's outskirts and in Yungchi and Chiaoho counties.[…]
Proper noun (2)
Yongji
- A county-level city of Yuncheng, Shanxi, China.
- According to tradition, Luzu [translating 呂祖 /吕祖 (Lǚzǔ)] was from Jingzhao [translating 京兆 (Jīngzhào)] Prefecture, in which Changan [translating 長安 /长安 (Cháng'ān)], the Tang Dynasty (618–908) capital, was situated; however, he is also reputed to be from Hezhong [translating 河中 (Hézhōng)]...1993, “Notes”, in Thomas L. Kennedy, transl., Testimony of a Confucian Woman: The Autobiography of Mrs. Nie Zeng Jifen, 1852-1942, University of Georgia Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 151
- On Thursday, the police arrested two labor inspectors from Yongji city in Shanxi who were accused of negligence and abuse of their powers, Xinhua reported.2007 June 23, David Lague, “China Tries to Contain Scandal Over Slave Labor With Arrests and Apology”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Apr 2009, Asia Pacific
Forms of Yongji
| alternative form | Yung-chi |
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Origin of Yongji
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 永吉 (Yǒngjí).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 永濟 /永济 (Yǒngjì).
Questions about Yongji
- What does Yongji mean?
- Yongji means a county of Jilin, Jilin, China.
- What part of speech is Yongji?
- Yongji is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Yongji?
- Yongji is pronounced /jɔŋ.d͡ʒi/.
Words near Yongji in the dictionary
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