Yongchun

English

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 永春 (Yǒngchūn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɔŋ.t͡ʃən/, enPR: yo͝ongʹcho͝onʹ[1]

Proper noun

Yongchun

  1. A county of Quanzhou, Fujian, China.
    • 2014 September 15, Michael Martina, Matthew Miller, Beijing newsroom, “'Mr. Confession' and his boss drive China's antitrust crusade”, in Ian Geoghegan, editor, Reuters‎[2], archived from the original on 23 April 2023, Top News‎[3]:
      Born in Yongchun county in the southern coastal province of Fujian, Xu spent years in the NDRC’s powerful pricing department.
    • (Can we date this quote?), “Longshan temple [四鯤鯓龍山寺]”, in Office of English as the Second Official Language, Tainan City Government‎[4], archived from the original on 3 August 2022:
      The deity in the center is Master Qingshui. He was born in Yongchun County, Fujian in 1037. Master Qingshui left home at an early age to become a monk, and quickly became renowned for his intelligence and mastery of the sutras.

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References

  1. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Yungchun or Yung-ch’un”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 2131, column 1

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