Yandang

See also: yandang, yándàng, and Yàndàng

English

Alternative forms

• Yentang (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 雁蕩／雁荡 (Yàndàng, literally “Wild Goose Pond”).

Proper noun

Yandang

1. A town in Yueqing, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
2. A nearby mountain.
   • 2004, Treasures of China‎^[1], Reader's Digest, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 255, column 1:

     Yandang Mountain is situated in Leqing County, Zhejiang. The leading peak, Yanhugang (Wild Goose Lake Peak), lies 3432 ft. (1046 m) above sea level.

   • 2024 May 7, Lilit Marcus, Wayne Chang, “Chinese climbers stuck on cliff for more than an hour due to overcrowding”, in CNN‎^[2], archived from the original on May 07, 2024, Travel‎^[3]:

     Earlier this week, groups of travelers climbing Yandang Mountain in eastern China were stuck partway up a cliff, clinging to a rope along a fixed climbing route, for more than an hour.

3. The surrounding range of mountains.

Translations

town, mountains

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雁蕩／雁荡 (zh) (Yàndàng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Yandang Moutain”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3513, column 3