Youyu

Youyu

See also: yōuyú, yōuyù, yóuyú, yóuyù, yǒuyú, yòuyú, and Yòuyù

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 右玉 (Yòuyù).

Proper noun

Youyu

1. A county of Shuozhou, Shanxi, China.
   • [1977, Summary of World Broadcasts: The Far East Weekly Supplement‎, OCLC 53864202, pages 1, 14:

     Shansi. […]
     Yuyu County has a population of some 80,000. (NCNA in Chinese 0240 gmt 6 Oct 77) […]
     Yuyu County has afforested a total of 640,000 mou since 1971 and, as a result, 40% of the land previously subject to water and soil erosion has now been brought under control. (NCNA in Chinese 0240 gmt 6 Oct 77)]

   • 2018, Xi, Jinping, The Governance of China, volume II, Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, OCLC 1015902164, page 159:

     In a windswept location in the Mu Us Desert (Ordos Desert), Youyu County of Shanxi Province is a barren land battered by sandstorms and with minimal natural resources. In the early days of the People’s Republic, the county’s first Party secretary led the people to initiate an afforestation project to curb encroachment by the sand.

Translations

county

Chinese: Mandarin: 右玉 (zh) (Yòuyù) Japanese: please add this translation if you can