Meanings
- alternativeobsoleteAlternative form of Yangtze.
ANHUI (安徽). […]The capital, An-ch‘ing (安慶府), is situated on the Yangtzŭ River.
The Chinese Empire
[1904, C. D. Tenney, “中國 [Zhōngguó, The Chinese Empire]”, in Geography of Asia, New York: MacMillan and Co, →OCLC, page 143 more examples
China is cut through by many great rivers, of which the mighty Yang-tzŭ, and the Huang Ho, or Yellow River, are the chief. Each of these rises in the mountains of Tibet, and finds its way eastward to the sea. The Yang-tzŭ, which is 60 miles wide at its mouth, with its numerous tributaries is to China what the Mississippi and Amazon are to the United States and South America.
1907, Arthur Henderson Smith, The Uplift of China, The Eddy Press, →OCLC, page 5Down in the vast, swarming city of Shanghai they paused to prepare for the long inland journey up the Yang-tzŭ River to Chung-ch'ing.
1911, Ethel Daniels Hubbard, Under Marching Orders, →OCLC, page 74The situation was a strange one. The allies were at that time making war both on the Court and the T'ai-p'ing rebels, whilst anarchy continued to reign in the Yang-tzŭ basin.
1912, Northern China, The Valley of the Blue River, Korea, Hachette & Company, →OCLC, page 294
Origin
- Mandarin揚子 /扬子
- EnglishYang-tzŭ
From Mandarin 揚子 /扬子 (Yángzǐ), Wade–Giles romanization: Yang²-tzŭ³.
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