Yanchang

Yan·chang
Y4A1N1C3H4A1N1G2

proper noun

A county of Yan'an, Shaanxi, China.

OriginMandarin 延長 /延长 →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A county of Yan'an, Shaanxi, China.

    Subsequently our army completed the Long March from south Shensi to north Shensi and reached Yungping in Yenchang County on 18 September 1935 to join forces with the 26th and 27th Red armies.

    程子華

    [1978 September 29 [1978 August 1], Cheng Tzu-hua [4453 1311 5478] [程子華], “Take Up Arms in a Struggle for the Party”, in Translations from Red Flag, number 8, United States Joint Publications Research Service, sourced from Peking Red Flag pp 51-60, translation of original in Chinese, page 88
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    A natural gas well operated by Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Group has been burning for nearly a week since drilling in the well caused gas to leak out and explode,[…] The accident took place late in the night on July 23 as workers drilled a gas well 2,750 meters under the ground in Yanchang County, said the official.

    2010 July 29, Chen Aizhu, “North China gas well fire burning for nearly week: Xinhua”, in Ken Wills, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 15 May 2021, World News

    We selected Yanchang County as an example to track land use changes and their effects on the livelihood of the local population following the implementation of a new land use policy known as the Grain for Green Project (GGP). The data were collected from statistical yearbooks, questionnaire surveys, and satellite imagery from 1990, 2000, and 2008. We found that dramatic land use changes have occurred in Yanchang County.

    2014 September, Nahui Zhen, Bojie Fu, Yihe Lü, Zhenmin Zheng, “Changes of livelihood due to land use shifts: A case study of Yanchang County in the Loess Plateau of China”, in Land Use Policy, volume 40, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Mandarin延長 /延长
  2. EnglishYanchang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 延長 /延长 (Yáncháng).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 延長 /延长
  • 延長 /延长 (jin⁴ coeng⁴)county
Chinese Mandarin 延長 /延长
  • 延長 /延长 (Yáncháng)county
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“Yanchang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yanchang. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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