Yeh-ch'eng

Yeh-ch'eng

English

Map including YEH-CH'ENG (KARGHALIK) (AMS, 1966)

Etymology

From Mandarin 葉城／叶城 (Yèchéng), Wade–Giles romanization: Yeh⁴-chʻêng².

Proper noun

Yeh-ch'eng

1. Alternative form of Yecheng (Kargilik)
   • 1946, Military Information: Sinkiang Rebellions 1931-1937‎, page 10:

     By this time the T'ungkan forces had already advanced to Yeh-ch'eng on the south and to Pa-ch’u on the east, and had completed preparations for war.

   • 1979, Kuo-ch'ing Tu, Li Ho‎, Twayne Publishers, →ISBN, page 51:

     "My three sons are in Yeh-ch'eng to guard the frontier.
     One son enclosed a letter to me:
     The other two just died in battle.
     Those who survive somehow live by their wits;
     Thos who have died are finished forever.

Translations

Yecheng — see Yecheng