Lijiang

Lijiang

See also: Lìjiāng

English

Alternative forms

• (from Wade–Giles) Li-chiang
• (dated) Likiang

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 麗江／丽江 (Lìjiāng).

Proper noun

Lijiang

1. A prefecture-level city northwestern Yunnan, China.
   • [1922 December 2, [Francis] Kingdon Ward, “Mr. Kingdon Ward’s Seventh Expedition in Asia. No. III. To Lichiang.”, in The Gardeners’ Chronicle: A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Horticulture and Allied Subjects, volume LXXI (Third Series), number 1875, London: 5 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, W.C.2, OCLC 47928976, page 325, column 1:

     The main road to Lichiang-fu, by Ho-ch'ing, is not followed by the muleteers, except by request, as there is a high mountain to cross.]

   • 2022 January 2, Munroe, Tony; Min Zhang, “Earthquake in southwest China's Yunnan injures 15 people”, in Neil Fullick, editor, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 02 January 2022, China:

     A 5.5 magnitude earthquake that rattled the city of Lijiang in southwestern China's Yunnan province on Sunday injured 15 people, the Yunnan Earthquake Agency said on its social media feed.

Translations

a prefecture-level city in west China

Arabic: لِيجْيَانْغ‎ m (lijyanḡ) Chinese: Cantonese: 麗江, 丽江 (lai6 gong1) Mandarin: 麗江／丽江 (zh) (Lìjiāng) Japanese: 麗江 (れいこう, Reikō) Korean: 리장 (Rijang) Macedonian: Ли́џианг m (Lídžiang) Naxi: Liljai, Yiggv Russian: Лицзя́н m (Liczján) Sichuan Yi: ꆺꏦ (lip jie) Vietnamese: Lệ Giang

Anagrams

• Jingali, jailing