Yuchingkou

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 餘慶溝／余庆沟, Wade–Giles romanization: Yü²-chʻing⁴-kou¹.

Proper noun

Yuchingkou

1. Alternative form of Yuqinggou.
   • 1915 September, “Gold Mining in Heilungkiang”, in The Far Eastern Review, volume XII, number 4, →OCLC, page 159, columns 2–3:

     They shall also be responsible for the supervision of the operations in the semi-official yard at Yuchingkou so that effective reforms may be instituted.

   • 1925, Adachi Kinnosuke, “Mining and Mineral Wealth”, in Manchuria: A Survey‎^[1], New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, →OCLC, page 203:

     Then, down this stream, some thirty miles southwest of the Huma District, is another gold field which caused a tremendous stir at one time. No less than 15,000 miners were reported to have rushed into this field of Yuchingkou, but of late, like so many other gold fields in North Manchuria, it has lost much of its drawing power.