Liaoyuan

Liaoyuan

See also: liáoyuǎn and Liáoyuán

English

Alternative forms

• (from Wade–Giles) Liao-yüan

Etymology

From Mandarin 遼源／辽源 (Liáoyuán).

Proper noun

Liaoyuan

1. A prefecture-level city in Jilin, China.
   • 2015, Meyer, Michael, “Quid Pro Quo”, in In Manchuria: A Village Called Wasteland and the Transformation of Rural China‎, Bloomsbury Press, →ISBN, LCCN 2014017907, OCLC 880349831, page 21:

     They waited on the platform as our overnight train pulled into Liaoyuan, a small (by Chinese standards) Northeastern city of one million people. They were my first impression of Manchuria, and I liked them immediately.

Translations

prefecture-level city

Chinese: Mandarin: 遼源／辽源 (zh) (Liáoyuán) Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Liaoyuan in Encyclopædia Britannica
• “Liaoyuan”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
• Liaoyuan at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “Liaoyuan” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.