English Explanatory Dictionary

Yanzi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A river or creek of Gansu, part of the Yangtze watershed.
  2. A town in Hefeng, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China, formerly a township.
name
  1. Misspelling of Yangzi.

Pronunciation

/ˈjæn.zi/ /ˈjɑn-/ /ˈjɛn-/ /-tsi/ /-tsə/ yěnʹdzûʹ

Word forms

Yanzi Yen-tzu Yen-tse Yen-tze

Etymology

The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 燕子 (Yànzǐ), meaning "swallow" (the bird).

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