Yuli

Yu·li
Y4U1L1I1

proper noun

An urban township in Hualien County, Taiwan.

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Wei-li
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Meanings

Yuli1

proper noun

alternative Yü-li

  1. An urban township in Hualien County, Taiwan.

    During the 14-year period, the clinic treated 140,000 patients. They extended the clinics to two nearby towns, Yuli and Taitung.

    2010, Mark O'Neill, “Beginnings”, in Tzu Chi: Serving with Compassion, John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte. Ltd., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 22
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    Sunday's quakes damaged the east coast railroad at seven places in the 75-mile stretch between Hualien and Taitung. Hualien, hard hit by quakes that killed about 100 persons Oct. 22 and 23, suffered no casualties Sunday. The rail towns of Yuli and Fuli 50 and 60 miles south, bore the bunt of the Sunday tremors.

    1951 November 26, “15 Killed, Over 200 Hurt In Latest Formosa Quakes”, in Victoria Daily Times, volume 118, number 279, Victoria, B.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6, columns 6, 7

    Construction will begin in July 1978 from Hsinyi in Nantou county on the west side and in 1979 from Yuli in Hualien county on the east side.

    Free China Weekly

    1976 August 22, “New highway across island to be built in '78”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly], volume XVII, number 33, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 1

    A 6.8 magnitude earthquake in Taiwan killed at least one person and collapsed at least one building in the town of Yuli in Hualien County.[…] A worker at a cement factory in the town of Yuli died after equipment collapsed on him during the earthquake, Taiwan’s state-run Central News Agency said. Emergency crews were able to rescue four people who had been trapped in a building that collapsed in Yuli.

    2022 September 18, Austin Ramzy, “Powerful Earthquake Strikes Taiwan, Killing at Least 1”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Sep 2022

Yuli2

proper noun

alternative Yü-li

  1. A county of Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

    In the current wave of relocations, more than 700 families on land reclaimed from the Tarim River are being moved to farmland near Yuli county, about an hour south of Korla, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

    2006 April 3, Guljekre, Luisetta Mudie, “China Moves Farmers as Tarim River Waters Dwindle”, in Sarah Jackson-Han, editor, Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2008
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    For example, during the reign of Han Cho Ti (86-74 B.C.) there were more than 500,000 mows of irrigated farmlands around Luntai (Lun-dai) and Yuli (Werli) cities in the lower reaches of the Tarim River.[...]Thus, the ancient extensive farmlands around Luntai and Yuli have now been all turned into shifting sands, and the famous ancient Loulan Kingdom, located at the western side of Lop Nur, has been utterly devastated into a wild landscape of yardang and barchan dunes.

    1984, Farouk El-Baz, editor, Deserts and Arid Lands, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 109

    A 1987 study listed 25,000 speakers of the Lop Nur Uygur language in the eastern part of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.¹ They live near Lop Nur Lake, in a widespread area which includes Yuli County and Miran Township of Ruogiang County.

    2000, Paul Hattaway, Operation China: Introducing all the Pooples of China, Piquant, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 529

    During the 24 years from 1959 to 1983, the desert area increased from 66.23% to 81.23%, especially in the lower reach of the Tarim River. Stormy weather increases over time. For example, in the Yuli County (located in the lower reach of the Tarim River) the days of sandstorms were 108 days in the 1970s, which was about two times of that in the 1960s. At present, the number of days of sandstorms are 130 days and the days of dust are 180 days.

    2007, Chen Yaning et al., “Ecological impacts of water resources utilization in the Tarim River Basin of China”, in Changes in Water Resources Systems: Methodologies to Maintain Water Security and Ensure Integrated Management, International Association of Hydrological Sciences, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 242
  2. A town in Yuli, Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

    Synonyms: Wei-li

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA town in Yuli, Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

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Wei-li

Origin

Yuli · proper noun

  1. Mandarin玉里
  2. Mandarin玉里
  3. EnglishYuli

Borrowed from Mandarin 玉里 (Yùlǐ).

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Yuli · proper noun

  1. Mandarin尉犁
  2. Mandarin尉犁
  3. EnglishYuli

Borrowed from Mandarin 尉犁 (Yùlí).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 玉里, 尉犁
  • 玉里 (juk⁶ lei⁵)urban township
  • 尉犁 (wat¹ lai⁴)a county in Xinjiang
Chinese Mandarin 玉里, 尉犁
  • 玉里 (Yùlǐ)urban township
  • 尉犁 (Yùlí)a county in Xinjiang

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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