Meanings
Yongji1
alternative Yung-chi
- A county of Jilin, Jilin, China.
China's Premier Wen Jiabao waves to locals during his visit to the flood-hit Kouqian town of Yongji county, Jilin province August 3, 2010.
2010 August 4, Ben Blanchard, “China says waters on North Korean border surge”, in Miral Fahmy, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 14 May 2023, ENVIRONMENT1 more example
Judging by the meteorites already re- covered, the shower covered an area of more than 500 square kilometres embracing six communes with a population of more than 100,000 on Kirin's outskirts and in Yungchi and Chiaoho counties.[…] Large numbers of fragments fell in the area of the Lichia brigade of the Tatun Commune on the outskirts of Kirin and the Chiangmifeng Commune in Yungchi County. The larger fragments fell around the Chiutso and Nanlan brigades of the Chinchu Commune. The three largest meteorites continued southwesterly in the original direction of flight and fell in the Santaitzu brigade of the Chiuchan Commune and the Tahuangti brigade of the Kutientzu Commune on the outskirts of Kirin City and in the Kaoshan brigade of the Huapichang Commune in Yungchi County.
[1976 April 22 [1976 April 21], “Meteorite Shower, Fireball in Kirin Province”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 79, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Northeast Region, page L 1
Yongji2
alternative Yung-chi
- A county-level city of Yuncheng, Shanxi, China.
On Thursday, the police arrested two labor inspectors from Yongji city in Shanxi who were accused of negligence and abuse of their powers, Xinhua reported.
2007 June 23, David Lague, “China Tries to Contain Scandal Over Slave Labor With Arrests and Apology”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Apr 2009, Asia Pacific1 more example
According to tradition, Luzu [translating 呂祖 /吕祖 (Lǚzǔ)] was from Jingzhao [translating 京兆 (Jīngzhào)] Prefecture, in which Changan [translating 長安 /长安 (Cháng'ān)], the Tang Dynasty (618–908) capital, was situated; however, he is also reputed to be from Hezhong [translating 河中 (Hézhōng)] Prefecture, the present-day Yongji District of Shanxi.
1993, “Notes”, in Thomas L. Kennedy, transl., Testimony of a Confucian Woman: The Autobiography of Mrs. Nie Zeng Jifen, 1852-1942, University of Georgia Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 151
Origin
Yongji · proper noun
- Mandarin永吉
- EnglishYongji
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 永吉 (Yǒngjí).
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Full word history & related roots →Yongji · proper noun
- Mandarin永濟 /永济
- EnglishYongji
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 永濟 /永济 (Yǒngjì).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 永吉, 永濟 /永济
- 永吉county
- 永濟 /永济county-level city
Chinese Mandarin 永吉, 永濟 /永济
- 永吉 (Yǒngjí)county
- 永濟 /永济 (Yǒngjì)county-level city
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Cite this entry
Yongji. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yongji
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