Yantai

Yan·tai
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proper noun

A coastal prefecture-level city in northeastern Shandong, China.

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proper noun

alternative Yen-tai · alternative Yen-t’ai

  1. A coastal prefecture-level city in northeastern Shandong, China.

    In September, the largest factory in Yantai, a coastal city in northeastern China, called on the local government with a problem — a shortage of 19,000 workers as the deadline on a big order approached.

    2013 January 7, “Students by Millions Fill Labor Gap in China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Jan 2013, Global Business
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    It’s the time of early spring in Yantai, the central city on the Shandong Peninsula. The trees are quietly stretching new branches and sprouting fresh green buds, spreading out the turquoise of cyan on the piece of the land.

    2022 May 12, “Yantai, a Fairyland in the Spring Breeze”, in EFE, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2022

    Synonyms: Chefoo

  2. historicalZhifu, a former village in northeastern Shandong, China, which grew into modern Yantai.
  3. A village in the township of Haidao, Xiapu County in the prefecture-level city of Ningde, Fujian, China.

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA coastal prefecture-level city in northeastern Shandong, China.

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Origin

  1. Chinese煙臺 /烟台“smoke tower”
  2. EnglishYantai

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Chinese 煙臺 /烟台 (Yāntái, “smoke tower”), from a Ming-era signal tower on Mount Qi.

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Translations

Arabic يَانْتَاي
  • يَانْتَاي (yantay)a city of China
Chinese Mandarin 煙臺 /烟台 or 煙台
  • 煙臺 /烟台 or 煙台 (Yāntái)a city of China
Hungarian Jentaj
  • Jentaja city of China
Japanese 煙台
  • 煙台 (Entai)a city of China
Korean 연태
  • 연태 (Yeontae)a city of China
Russian Яньта́й
  • Яньта́й (Janʹtáj)a city of China
Vietnamese Yên Đài
  • Yên Đàia city of China

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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