Yong'an

Yong'an

See also: yongan and Yǒng'ān

English

Alternative forms

• (from Wade–Giles) Yung-an

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 永安 (Yǒng'ān).

Proper noun

Yong'an

1. A county-level city in Sanming, Fujian, China
   • 1982 June, Wu Dongyan, “The Furniture Industry”, in China Reconstructs‎, volume XXXI, number 6, OCLC 7513641, page 49:

     In Yong’an county, Fujian province, fiberboard is produced from waste lumber.

   • 1999 [1995], Chen Yun, Selected Works of Chen Yun‎, volume I, Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, OCLC 903886430, page 48:

     By the time Comrade Luo Fu⁷⁸ (member of the Military Commission) learned about and objected to this move and the Red Army began to move eastward to Yong’an and Shaxian counties, the favourable situation which had existed in the Fujian People’s Government had changed.

Translations

city in Fujian, China

Chinese: Cantonese: 永安 (wing5 on1) Mandarin: 永安 (zh) (Yǒng'ān) Min Nan: 永安 (Éng-an)

Anagrams

• Yangon, nongay