Meanings
Yichun1
- A prefecture-level city of Heilongjiang, China.
He was in Yichun, a faded boomtown in northeastern China, where in December, 2016 he began photographing young people whose isolation he recognized in his own life.
2019 February 26, Tiffany May, “Young People Left Behind in China’s Snowbound Rust Belt”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2019, Lens1 more example
That’s the case in Yichun, a Maryland-sized area of about 1.3 million people deep inside the birch and pine forest on China’s border with Russia. Yichun is a poor city in a poor province. The income of its residents was little more than half the national average last year. That hasn’t stopped the government from going on a spending spree. The new local police headquarters has a miniature dome reminiscent of that of St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.
2011 July 16, Henry Sanderson, Michael Forsythe, “In China, loans lure city officials”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2023, Business
Yichun2
Yichun3
- alternativeAlternative form of Yijun (in Shaanxi, China).
Two small coal pits and an open-cut coal mine were opened in Yichun County this year.
1970 October 14 [1970 October 13], “Yenan People Carry Forward Revolutionary Tradition”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 200, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA International Service, Sian, →OCLC, page H 91 more example
[…]agricultural Cooperative in Yichun County, Shensi, and this is a mountainous region, the yield per mou is 1,654 catties; at the Ningpo Agricultural Cooperative in Yuse County, Kwangsi, the average yield per mou is 1,600 catties.
1969, What's Happening on the Chinese Mainland: (1969-1970), volumes 1-2, Chung Hwa Information Service, →OCLC, page 15, column 1
Origin
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 伊春, 宜春
- 伊春 (ji¹ ceon¹)prefecture-level city
- 宜春 (ji⁴ ceon¹)prefecture-level city
Chinese Mandarin 伊春, 宜春
- 伊春 (Yīchūn)prefecture-level city
- 宜春 (Yíchūn)prefecture-level city
Russian Ичунь
- Ичунь (Ičunʹ)prefecture-level city
Cite this entry
Yichun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yichun
“Yichun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yichun. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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