Yichuan

Yi·chuan
Y4I1C3H4U1A1N1

proper noun

A county of Yan'an, Shaanxi, China.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

Yichuan1

proper noun
  1. A county of Yan'an, Shaanxi, China.

    Hukou Waterfalls is the second largest waterfall in China, behind Huangguoshu in Guizhou Province. It lies in Hukou Township, Yichuan County, Shaanxi Province, with Jixian County in Shanxi Province on the opposite bank.

    2000 March, Zhou Ping, “Blue Skies and Yellow Loess — Spring Festival in Northern Shaanxi”, in China Tourism, number 236, H.K. China Tourism Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 31, column 1
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    Military expenses were frequently at the root of such deficits. One early investigation of arrears in Shaanxi’s Yichuan county is typical. An audit of the Yichuan granary revealed a shortage of nearly 3,000 piculs (dan) of grain.

    2007, Patricia M. Thornton, Disciplining the State: Virtue, Violence, and State-Making in Modern China, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 37

    The 34.2 kilometre (21.3 mile) pipeline, which will be built by Qinjin Natural Gas Co, is designed to have annual gas transmission capacity of 3.3 billion cubic metres and connect Ji county in Shanxi and Yichuan county in Shaanxi.

    2021 July 5, Muyu Xu, Shivani Singh, “China approves a $55 mln gas pipeline in northern China”, in Louise Heavens, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2021, Energy

Yichuan2

proper noun
  1. A county of Luoyang, Henan, China.
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    The Yichuan County revolutionary committee was set up on 27 January. Some 27,000 people in Yichuan County held a celebration rally. (Wang I), commissar of Loyang military subdistrict, on behalf of the Loyang Special District revolutionary committee and the Loyang military subdistrict, attended and fervently congratulated the rally.

    1968 February 8 [1968 February 6], “Yichuan Committee”, in Daily Report: Communist China, number 28, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Chengchow Honan Provincial, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, Chicom Regional Affairs, page ddd 24

    A rural lender based in China’s central Henan province sought to assure depositors of its financial health after a high volume of over-the-counter requests at some of its branches on Tuesday, amid concerns of liquidity issues at smaller Chinese lenders. As a result, operation at those branches was slower than usual, Yichuan Rural Commercial Bank, which has 33 branches operating only in Henan’s Yichuan county, said in a notice posted on its official WeChat account.

    2019 October 29, Cheng Leng, Ryan Woo, “Rural Chinese bank seeks to assure depositors”, in Ed Osmond, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 21 May 2023, Banking and Financial News

Origin

Yichuan · proper noun

From Mandarin 宜川 (Yíchuān).

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Yichuan · proper noun

From Mandarin 伊川 (Yīchuān).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 宜川, 伊川
  • 宜川 (ji⁴ cyun¹)county
  • 伊川 (ji¹ cyun¹)county
Chinese Mandarin 宜川, 伊川
  • 宜川 (Yíchuān)county
  • 伊川 (Yīchuān)county
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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