Yandang

Yan·dang
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proper noun

A town in Yueqing, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.

OriginMandarin 雁蕩 /雁荡 →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Yentang

  1. A town in Yueqing, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
  2. A nearby mountain.

    Yandang Mountain is situated in Leqing County, Zhejiang. The leading peak, Yanhugang (Wild Goose Lake Peak), lies 3432 ft. (1046 m) above sea level.

    2004, Treasures of China, Reader's Digest, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 255, column 1
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    Earlier this week, groups of travelers climbing Yandang Mountain in eastern China were stuck partway up a cliff, clinging to a rope along a fixed climbing route, for more than an hour.

    2024 May 7, Lilit Marcus, Wayne Chang, “Chinese climbers stuck on cliff for more than an hour due to overcrowding”, in CNN, archived from the original on 07 May 2024, Travel
  3. The surrounding range of mountains.

Origin

  1. Mandarin雁蕩 /雁荡
  2. EnglishYandang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 雁蕩 /雁荡 (Yàndàng, literally “Wild Goose Pond”).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 雁蕩 /雁荡
  • 雁蕩 /雁荡town, mountains
Chinese Mandarin 雁蕩 /雁荡
  • 雁蕩 /雁荡 (Yàndàng)town, mountains

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Danyang
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APA

Yandang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yandang

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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