Meanings
Youyang1
alternative Yuyang
- A Tujia and Miao autonomous county in Chongqing, China.
The agency said the tree, which is 1,344 metres in diameter, is believed to be about 75 years old, according to the Chinese Academy of Forestry Science. It was found in Youyang county, Sichuan (Szechwan) province.
1979 February, “Biggest Tree in China”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XVIII, number 2, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 521 more example
Travelling recently in southern, rural Chongqing, I was struck by the sense that something in the atmosphere was different from elsewhere in the mainland. Youyang county is a Tu ethnic area, and even though the Tu look different from Han Chinese - they are darker, with longer noses and diamond-shaped eyes - it was not the physical difference.
2004 June 28, “Rare women”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2023
Youyang2
Origin
Youyang · proper noun
- Mandarin酉陽 /酉阳
- EnglishYouyang
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 酉陽 /酉阳 (Yǒuyáng).
More words from Mandarin
Full word history & related roots →Youyang · proper noun
- Mandarin游洋
- EnglishYouyang
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 游洋 (Yóuyáng).
More words from Mandarin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 酉陽 /酉阳
- 酉陽 /酉阳 (jau⁵ joeng⁴)Tujia and Miao autonomous county
Chinese Mandarin 酉陽 /酉阳
- 酉陽 /酉阳 (Yǒuyáng)Tujia and Miao autonomous county
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