Yingcheng

See also: yīngchéng, yìngchéng, Yìngchéng, and Ying-ch'eng

English

Alternative forms

• Ying-ch'eng (Wade–Giles)

Pronunciation

• enPR: yǐngʹchǔngʹ

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 應城／应城 (Yìngchéng).

Proper noun

Yingcheng

1. A county-level city in Xiaogan, Hubei, in central China, formerly a county.
   • 1940 April, Lin Yu, “The "China Incident"”, in Philippine Magazine‎^[2], volume XXXVII, number 4 (384), →OCLC, page 144:

     At Hsiaochien and Lishan, too, the Japanese suffered defeats; at Chunghsiang they were attacked. Their attack on Yingcheng, northern part of the province, ended in a retreat, and they announced that they would evacuate Macheng, east of Yingcheng.

   • 1981 October 25, Christopher S. Wren, “CHINESE FARMER FINDS HIS PROFIT IS A PROBLEM”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-24, WORLD‎^[4]:

     Yang Xiaoyun, an industrious young peasant in Hubei Province, turned a sizable profit last summer by selling more than five tons of grain to the state. […]
     Two years ago, the new policies were adopted at the Yanghe commune in Yingcheng County, where Mr. Yang was a production team leader. […]
     The newspaper said that at least 110 bicycles were to be sent from Shanghai to Yingcheng County every year but in fact most if not all were sold before ever reaching the county.
     In response, local authorities in Yingcheng County have promised that any peasant who exceeds a quota for produce - for example, twoand-a-half tons of grain or four pigs - will be entitled to buy a rationed item, such as a Shanghai bicycle or a sewing machine or building lumber and tiles.

Translations

county-level city in central China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 應城／应城 (zh) (Yìngchéng)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Yingcheng”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[5], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3528, column 2

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 郢城 (Yǐngchéng).

Proper noun

Yingcheng

1. A town in Jingzhou district, Jingzhou, Hubei, in central China.

Translations

town in central China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 郢城 (Yǐngchéng)