Yanshan
See also: Yānshān
English
Etymology
From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 燕山 (Yānshān).
Proper noun
Yanshan
- Synonym of Yan Mountains.
- 1988, The Great Tangshan Earthquake of 1976: An Anatomy of Disaster, Pergamon Press, →ISBN, LCCN 88-5916, OCLC 17618982, OL 2030428M, page 3:
- The geomorphology has been modified by the flow of Luanhe and several other major rivers which run through the Yanshan mountains and the plain to reach Bohai.
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Usage notes
Often redundantly expressed in English as the "Yanshan Mountains".