Yangzi

See also: yàngzi

English

Etymology 1

The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of 揚子／扬子 (Yángzǐ).

Proper noun

Yangzi

1. (uncommon) Alternative spelling of Yangtze
   • 1975, Janet Goldwasser, Stuart Dowty, Huan-Ying: Worker's China‎^[2], Monthly Review Press, →ISBN , →LCCN, →OCLC, page 252:

     The only armed guards we saw in China were army and militia sentries on duty at public buildings or other important structures, such as the bridge across the Yangzi River at Wuhan.

   • 2008, China (Eyewitness Travel Guides)‎^[3], Dorling Kindersley, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 23:

     Intensively cultivated and denuded of natural vegetation, the huge lowland flood-plains of major rivers, notably the Yellow and Yangzi, are a seemingly endless patchwork of fields.

   • 2008, Adeline Yen Mah, China: Land of Dragons and Emperors‎^[4], Allen & Unwin, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 70:

     Finally, he built the 2000-kilometre (1200-mile) Grand Canal which linked the Yangzi River in the south to the Yellow River in the north.

Alternative forms

• Yanzi (misspelling)

Etymology 2

Map including Yang-tzu (Yangzi) (DMA, 1985)

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 洋梓 (Yángzǐ).

Proper noun

Yangzi

1. A town in Zhongxiang, Jingmen, Hubei, China.
   • 2001 December 17, “Brief report on the financial loss of the church in Hubei”, in Congressional-Executive Commission on China‎^[5], archived from the original on September 23, 2014‎^[6]:

     Liu Cuilan at Bailing Village of Yangzi Town in Zhongxiang city has a large house of 140 meters² (about 1506 ft².) for the [Christians] gatherings, which was torn down by the policemen from Yingzhong police station in August 2001.

2. A residential community of Yangzi, Zhongxiang, Jingmen, Hubei, China.
3. A village in Yangzi, Zhongxiang, Jingmen, Hubei, China.

Translations

a town in central China; a residential community in central China; a village in central China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洋梓 (Yángzǐ)

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Alternative forms

• Yang-tzu, Yang-tzŭ (obs.)

Anagrams

• Ziyang