Yuzhong
See also: yúzhǒng, yúzhòng, yǔzhǒng, yùzhǒng, and Yúzhōng
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌjuːˈd͡ʒɒŋ/, /ˌjuːˈd͡ʒʊŋ/
Etymology 1
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 渝中 (Yúzhōng, literally “central Chongqing”).
Proper noun
Yuzhong
- A district of Chongqing, China.
- 2004, Intercontinental's Best of China, →ISBN, OCLC 253780866, OL 9840088M, page 401:
- Cruises to the Three Gorges are board at the Chaotianmen Dock in Yuzhong District (6310 0659), tickets require advanced booking.
- 2008, Chen Xuejian, editor, Travel Around China, HarperCollins, →ISBN, OCLC 671253768, OL 9952934M, page 93:
- The shopping area of Jiefangbei (“Monument of Liberation") in the Yuzhong District includes a wide variety of stores, recreation centers, hotels, and other facilities.
- 2015, Fodor's China (Fodor's), 9th edition, →ISBN, ISSN 1070-6895, OCLC 893890115, page 567:
- The central peninsula area of Yuzhong District, between the Jialing River to the north and the Yangtze River to the south, is the most interesting and dynamic area of Chongqing.
- 2015, Yang Jiang; et al., “Making Streets Smile to Regenerate Cities: A Case of Chongqing, China”, in Reinventing Planning: Examples from the Profession, →ISBN, OCLC 1248116107, page 182:
- Observing the results from the Route 3 implementation, one Yuzhong District senior government official believed that a similar project should be done to revitalize the heart of the central business district area, called Jiefangbei.
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- A peninsula in Yuzhong district, Chongqing, China.
- 2015, Yang Jiang; et al., “Making Streets Smile to Regenerate Cities: A Case of Chongqing, China”, in Reinventing Planning: Examples from the Profession, →ISBN, OCLC 1248116107, page 176:
- The Yuzhong Peninsula, with a population of about 700,000 residents, has served as the business and historic center of the city (see Figure 1). Due to its mountainous landscape, walking has long been a necessary and popular mode of transportation within the center city.
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Translations
district
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Etymology 2
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 榆中 (Yúzhōng).
Proper noun
Yuzhong
- A county of Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
- 2011 April 8, Buckley, Chris; Sui-Lee Wee, “Fear and swagger drive China's clampdown on dissent”, in John Chalmers, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 02 July 2022, World News:
- A directive from Yuzhong County in the northwestern province of Gansu declared, for example: “Since the abrupt changes in Tunisia and Egypt, Western forces hostile to China have been itching to do something and do their utmost to stir up a fuss.”
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Translations
county
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