Yencheng

Y4E1N1C3H4E1N1G2

A form of Yancheng — A district of Luohe, Henan, China.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

Yencheng1

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Yancheng (China).

    Hau Pei-tsun was born on August 24, 1919 into an educated, well-to-do farming family in Yencheng County, Kiangsu Province.

    1993 [1992 October 1], Hau Pei-tsun, Straight Talk, Taipei: Government Information Office, →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://archive.org/details/straighttalk0000haob/page/n16/
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    In accordance with Chairman Mao's great teaching the 'the masses are the real heroes,' the leading members of the Yencheng County CCP Committee, not complacent with their own experience in the three great revolutionary movements, are ready to be the pupils of the masses and learn humbly from them.

    1971 February 4 [1971 January 27], “Kiangsu County CCP Committee Members Learn From, Arm Masses”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 24, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Nanking Kiangsu Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, East Region, page C 7

    A barber shop in Yencheng, Kiangsu province, had to close down for self-examination because one impatient cadre couldn't get a haircut.[...]The barbers offered that arrangement could be made immediately to give the district bureau chief the haircut he wanted, but the cadre had now changed his mind. “I wouldn’t let any of you cut my hair even if all the other barbers in Yencheng were dead,” he said, then added: “You all are outrageous. None of you know how to serve customers. This place must be closed tomorrow for a thorough re-evaluation."

    1980 July 13, L. Chen, “Cadres can be very patient”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXI, number 27, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3

Yencheng2

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Yancheng (Taiwan)

    Kaohsiung prosecutors began an investigation into the case after Chiu’s body was found in a garbage bag in Kaohsiung’s Yencheng District (鹽埕) on Sept. 15 2007.

    2010 August 29, Rich Chang, “Supreme Court upholds Filipina’s life sentence for murder in Kaohsiung”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Sep 2010, Taiwan News, page 2
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    I had similar experience in the small market we studied in Kaohsiung's Yencheng district where I noticed a well dressed young lady who came by taxi (!) to do her shopping.

    1985, Marinus Elisa Berg, Language Planning and Language Use in Taiwan, →OCLC, page 219

    1. Systematic development project in the commercial zone of harbor district, Kaohsiung This project is situated at Yencheng, Kaohsiung, with a total area of 62,595 m².

    1996, Taiwan Sugar, numbers 41-43, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 42, column 2

    Two years ago, the Love River Association mapped out a plan for an Ai River Park on the stretch from the Kaohsiung Bridge to the Chungcheng Bridge. But for a variety of reasons, residents there became a major obstacle. This district, Yencheng, is the old commercial center of Kaohsiung and was[…]

    Sinorama

    1997, 光華 [Sinorama], volume 22, numbers 7-12, Government Information Office, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 87, column 3

    In early 2002, Kaohsiung City Medical Association (the respondent), in an official letter drafted by Disciplinary Committee Director Chen Si-Chuan and sent to members in the name of association Chairman Hsiao Chi-wen, notified members that beginning in February 2002 on a trial basis, primary care clinics in the association's northern and southern jurisdiction would begin a rotating holiday system on Sundays, with those clinics in the southern jurisdiction (the city's Hsinhsing, Lingya, Hsiaokang, Chienchin and Chienchen districts) closing on those Sundays falling on even-numbered dates and those clinics in the northern jurisdiction (the city's Sanmin, Tsoying, Nantze, Chichin, Kushan and Yencheng districts) closing on those Sunday falling on odd-numbered dates.

    2008 December 18, “Ex-officio investigation by the Fair Trade Commission into Kaohsiung City Medical Association's restriction that members of primary care clinic must not see patients every other Sunday, in violation of the Fair Trade Law”, in Fair Trade Commission, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2022

    The other restaurants targeted include Kuang De House of Pancakes in Yencheng District (鹽埕), which closed last week, and Senfan Teppanyaki in Linya District (苓雅), which on Tuesday announced that it would relocate next month after its landlord, a Han supporter, terminated its contract.

    2019 July 18, Jason Pan, “Restaurants close after Han fan ‘abuse’”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2019

Origin

Yencheng · proper noun

Borrowed from Mandarin 鹽城/盐城 (Yánchéng) Wade–Giles romanization: Yen²-chʻêng².

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Yencheng · proper noun

Borrowed from Mandarin 鹽埕 (Yánchéng) Wade–Giles romanization: Yen²-chʻêng².

Full word history & related roots →
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APA

Yencheng. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yencheng

MLA

“Yencheng.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yencheng. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Yencheng,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yencheng.

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