Yanqing

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 延慶延庆 (Yánqìng).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌjɑːnˈt͡ʃɪŋ/

Proper noun

Yanqing

  1. A district of Beijing, China.
    • [1978 January, Kuo-chun Chou, “Li Sze-kuang and Geomechanics”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXVII, number 1, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10:
      Li Sze-kuang (fourth from right) on an observation tour in Peking district’s Yenching county.]
    • 2018 August 8, “Airbnb axes Great Wall of China stay competition after conservation concerns”, in DW News, archived from the original on 08 August 2018, News:
      Officials from the Yanqing district of Beijing, which houses the section of the wall that was on offer, also said in a statement they had not been notified of the event and had not approved it.
    • 2021 December 5, Matthew Futterman, “On its 4-Year Cue, Skiing Re-enters the Spotlight Ahead of Olympics”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-12-05, Olympics:
      Alpine skiing at the 2022 Olympics will take place in the Yanqing District, where it should be plenty cold but where it snows little and every flake ski racers careen across will be man-made.

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