Kaiyuan

Kai·yuan
K5A1I1Y4U1A1N1

proper noun

A county-level city of Honghe prefecture, Yunnan, China.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

proper noun

alternative K'ai-yüan

  1. A county-level city of Honghe prefecture, Yunnan, China.

    The attack, which took place Monday afternoon in the Yunnan Province city of Kaiyuan, left two people with serious injuries that were not considered life-threatening,[…]

    2019 November 12, Johnny Diaz, “51 Children Hurt in Chemical Attack at Chinese Elementary School”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2019, Asia Pacific
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    Our study was conducted in Kaiyuan county, Yunnan province, where the rate of HIV transmission through unprotected sexual intercourse is high, and many HIV/AIDS projects have been implemented.

    2010, “Microbicide Acceptability and Associated Factors Among Female Sex Workers and Male Clients in Kaiyuan County, Yunnan Province, China”, in Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Mandarin開遠 /开远
  2. EnglishKaiyuan

From Mandarin 開遠 /开远 (Kāiyuǎn).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 開遠 /开远
  • 開遠 /开远 (hoi¹ jyun⁶)county-level city
Chinese Mandarin 開遠 /开远
  • 開遠 /开远 (Kāiyuǎn)county-level city
Cite this entry
APA

Kaiyuan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kaiyuan

MLA

“Kaiyuan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kaiyuan. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kaiyuan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kaiyuan.

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