Yakeshi

Ya·ke·shi
Y4A1K5E1S1H4I1

proper noun

A county-level city of Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China.

OriginMandarin 牙克石 →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A county-level city of Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China.

    Temperatures in Yakeshi in Inner Mongolia (內蒙古) dropped to minus 28 degrees Celsius yesterday, while Harbin (哈爾濱) in Heilongjiang (黑龍江) province experienced minus 19 degrees.

    2016 January 21, Alice Yan, Lai Ying Kit, Mimi Lau, “Incredible scenes as mainland shoppers strip supermarket shelves ahead of big chill”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2016, China

Origin

  1. Mandarin牙克石
  2. EnglishYakeshi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 牙克石 (Yákèshí).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 牙克石
  • 牙克石 (ngaa⁴ hak¹ sek⁶)county-level city
Chinese Mandarin 牙克石
  • 牙克石 (Yákèshí)county-level city
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Yakeshi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yakeshi

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“Yakeshi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yakeshi. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Yakeshi,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yakeshi.

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