Hanyin

Han·yin
H4A1N1Y4I1N1

proper noun

A county of Ankang, Shaanxi, China.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Han-yin

  1. A county of Ankang, Shaanxi, China.

    Shensi fungi first goes to Hanyin (漢陰) and is then shipped to Hankow;[...]

    1934 March 17, “Export of Edible Fungus From Szechuan”, in Chinese Economic Bulletin, volume XXIV, number 11, Bureau of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Industry, →OCLC, pages 170–171
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    Hanyin T'ing, now called Hanyin Hsien, a third class district, is a prosperous little place lying at the head of the fertile Yo River valley, and, like most of the Han basin towns, is more like a Szechuan than a Shensi city.

    1921, Eric Teichman, Travels of a Consular Officer in North-West China, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →OCLC, →OL, page 33

    Cadre Zhao Jianguo, who came to Hanyin County, Shaanxi, from Jiangsu Province, had formerly been the head of a certain township in Zhangjiagang City. As a go-between in building a bridge between the two localities, he had 295 technical cadres and workers of Hanyin County go to Zhangjiagang City for study and training.

    1992 March 6 [1991 October 21], Cui Zhongshan (1508 1350 1472), “Supplementing Others Where One's Own Superiority Allows—Interchange Between the Cadres of Jiangsu and Shaanxi Stimulate Economic Development in Both Provinces”, in JPRS Report China, number 92-011, United States Joint Publications Research Service, sourced from Xi'an SHAANXI RIBAO p 2, translation of original in Chinese, →OCLC, page 52, column 2

    Tang Xiaodong, 41, a jewellery dealer from Hanyin county in Shaanxi province, has been on a police wanted list since October 7 for his alleged role in “illegally absorbing” more than 180 million yuan for a “jewellery town” project in the small city of Ankang. Police in Hanyin are offering the reward for information or assistance leading to Tang’s arrest, according to a public notice.

    2019 June 6, Pinghui Zhuang, “Reward: US$145,000 offered to track down Chinese ‘jewellery town’ fugitive”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2019, Society

Origin

  1. Mandarin漢陰 /汉阴
  2. EnglishHanyin

From Mandarin 漢陰 /汉阴 (Hànyīn).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 漢陰 /汉阴
  • 漢陰 /汉阴county
Chinese Mandarin 漢陰 /汉阴
  • 漢陰 /汉阴 (Hànyīn)county
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