Yingde

Ying·de
Y4I1N1G2D2E1

proper noun

A county-level city of Guangdong, China.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Ying-te · alternative Ying-tê

  1. A county-level city of Guangdong, China.

    Japanese forces in a three-pronged drive to strengthen their corridor bisecting China have taken Yingtak and are being engaged eighteen miles south of Kuoming, provisional capital of[…]

    [1945 January 26, “Japanese Take Yingtak; McClure Is Transferred”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2023, page 9
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    A previously unknown freshwater crab has been discovered in plain sight: on sale at a pet shop in China. The shop owner led scientists to the place where the crab had been collected, in Yingde City in northern Guangdong, a subtropical province on the coast of the South China Sea.

    2016 September 26, Nicholas Bakalar, “Ringing Up a New Species of Crab”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2022, SCIENCE

    In Yingde, a city in Guangdong authorities have evacuated some residents to other parts of the city and advised others not to leave their homes. Residents say the stores have run out of staple foods like oil and rice due to people stockpiling goods.

    2022 June 22, “China: Floods in the south force evacuations, destroy property”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 22 Jun 2022, News

Origin

  1. Mandarin英德
  2. EnglishYingde

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 英德 (Yīngdé).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 英德
  • 英德 (jing¹ dak¹)city
Chinese Mandarin 英德
  • 英德 (Yīngdé)city

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Cite this entry
APA

Yingde. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yingde

MLA

“Yingde.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yingde. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Yingde,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yingde.

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