Meanings
alternative I-pin · alternative Ipin · alternative Yipin
- A prefecture-level city of Sichuan, China.
Officials in Yibin, a city of 4.5 million, announced last week that they would name their new airport after the blindingly strong Wuliangye.
2012 May 30, Didi Kirsten Tatlow, “Do You Know the Way to Wuliangye?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 May 2012, Letter from China2 more examples
About six that evening, they motored beneath the Jiang’an Changliang Bridge and into the city of Yibin, known from ancient times as the source of the Yangtze. And so said Yong just as the Great River split into the Jin Sha River to the right and Min River to the left.
2007, Dan Armstrong, chapter 12, in Taming the Dragon (Fiction), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 82After returning from Wuhan, the pair visited supermarkets and other public places in the western city of Yibin in Sichuan province for more than a week before showing symptoms, the People’s Court of Cuping District in Yibin said Saturday on its social media account.
2020 September 5, “China jails 2 for hiding trip to city at center of outbreak”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2023, Asia & PacificSynonyms: Süchow
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA prefecture-level city of Sichuan, China.
Origin
- Mandarin宜賓 /宜宾
- EnglishYibin
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 宜賓 /宜宾 (Yíbīn).
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Chinese Cantonese 宜賓 /宜宾
- 宜賓 /宜宾 (ji⁴ ban¹)prefecture-level city in China
Chinese Mandarin 宜賓 /宜宾
- 宜賓 /宜宾 (Yíbīn)prefecture-level city in China
Cite this entry
Yibin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yibin
“Yibin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yibin. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Yibin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yibin.
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