English Explanatory Dictionary

Yantai

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A coastal prefecture-level city in northeastern Shandong, China.
  2. Zhifu, a former village in northeastern Shandong, China, which grew into modern Yantai.
  3. A village in the township of Haidao, Xiapu County in the prefecture-level city of Ningde, Fujian, China.

Pronunciation

yěnʹtīʹ

Word forms

Yantai Yen-tai Yen-t’ai

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Chinese 煙臺 /烟台 (Yāntái, “smoke tower”), from a Ming-era signal tower on Mount Qi.

Synonyms

Chefoo
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