Yingshan

Ying·shan
Y4I1N1G2S1H4A1N1

proper noun

A county of Huanggang, Hubei, China.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Ying-shan

  1. A county of Huanggang, Hubei, China.

    In Yingshan county, Hubei, two poor men were hung from a tree after they were found stealing millet.

    2011, Frank Dikötter, “On the Sly”, in Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958–62, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 214
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    Extending their gains in a May offensive against Chinese troops. in the hilly “regions of north-eastern Hupeh, Japanese forces yesterday made a surprise attack on a Chinese base at the foot of a mountain north-west of Yingshan and captured it after a brief clash.

    1939 May 10, “Fighting Round Yingshan”, in North-China Herald, volume CCXI, number 3744, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 228

    In the northern part of the province, Changshengkwan and Huayuan, north of Hankow, were recaptured by the Chinese, followed by the defeat of the Japanese near Yingshan and the Chinese attack on Macheng. [...]The invaders' base at Sinyang received reinforcements from Yingshan, north Hupeh, but that failed to prevent the fall of Changtaikwan, and Sinyang itself from being twice raided by the Chinese.

    1940 January, Lin Yu, “The "China Incident"”, in Philippine Magazine, volume XXXVII, number 1 (381), page 22

    There is no word on when schools, which have been teaching online and through social media, might reopen in Hubei. “We still feel it is not the right time to resume classes,” said Li Zhen, a teacher at the Yingshan County Experimental School in Huanggang.

    2020 March 25, Joe McDonald, Yu Bing, Mari Yamaguchi, “China lifting last controls in province at outbreak’s center”, in AP News, archived from the original on 27 Nov 2020

Origin

  1. Mandarin英山
  2. EnglishYingshan

From the Postal Map romanization of the Mandarin 英山 (Yīngshān).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 英山
  • 英山 (Yīngshān)county in central China
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APA

Yingshan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yingshan

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“Yingshan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yingshan. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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