Yongji
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jɔŋ.d͡ʒi/, enPR: yüngʹjēʹ[1]
- Hyphenation: Yong‧ji
Etymology 1
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 永吉 (Yǒngjí).
Proper noun
Yongji
- A county of Jilin, Jilin, China.
- [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 Peking NCNA, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Northeast Region, page L 1:
- 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 of the Tatun Commune on the outskirts of Kirin and the Chiangmifeng Commune in Yungchi County. The larger fragments fell around the Chiutso and Nanlan brigades of the Chinchu Commune. The three largest meteorites continued southwesterly in the original direction of flight and fell in the Santaitzu brigade of the Chiuchan Commune and the Tahuangti brigade of the Kutientzu Commune on the outskirts of Kirin City and in the Kaoshan brigade of the Huapichang Commune in Yungchi County.]
- 2010 August 4, Ben Blanchard, “China says waters on North Korean border surge”, in Miral Fahmy, editor, Reuters[2], archived from the original on 14 May 2023, ENVIRONMENT[3]:
- 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.
Translations
county
Etymology 2
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 永濟 / 永济 (Yǒngjì).
Proper noun
Yongji
- A county-level city of Yuncheng, Shanxi, China.
- 2007 June 23, David Lague, “China Tries to Contain Scandal Over Slave Labor With Arrests and Apology”, in The New York Times[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 April 2009, Asia Pacific[5]:
- 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.
Translations
county-level city
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Yongji”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[6], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3531, column 3
References
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Yüngtsi or Yüng-chi”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 2131, column 2