Yenchi

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A form of Yanji — A county-level city of Yanbian prefecture, Jilin, China.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Yanji.

    Nevertheless in this agreement the Japanese secured China’s consent that the Changchun-Kirin Railway should eventually be extended to the southern boundary of the Yenchi or Chientao district, connecting at Hoi-yang with a Korean railway.

    1915 September, “The Changchun-Kirin Railway and its Strategic Meaning”, in The Far Eastern Review, volume XII, number 4, →OCLC, page 158, column 1
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    According to a top-secret document of Japanese imperialism entitled “A Study of Communist Bandits in Manchuria,” peasants of the east district of Santaowan in Yenchi county, were given an average of 4,800 pyung(one pyung equals 3.305 square metres) per household.

    1969, Baik Bong, “Cradle of the Revolution—Liberated Areas”, in Kim Il Sung Biography: From Birth to Triumphant Return to Homeland, volume I, Tokyo: Miraisha, →OCLC, page 185

    Between February 28 and March 1, 1930, some of the Korean Communists in Yenchi organized hundreds of farmers in different localities and carried out mass demonstrations, in which banners saying "Destroy Japanese Imperialism or Long Live Korean Independence" were displayed and hundreds of thousands of leaflets were distributed.

    1983, Chong-Sik Lee, “Sino-Soviet Conflict, 1929”, in Revolutionary Struggle in Manchuria: Chinese Communism and Soviet Interest, 1922–1945, University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 115

Origin

  1. Mandarin延吉
  2. EnglishYenchi

From Mandarin 延吉 (Yánjí), Wade–Giles romanization: Yen²-chi².

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

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