Yanshi

See also: yánshī, yánshi, yǎnshǐ, yǎnshì, yànshī, yànshí, yànshǐ, yànshì, and Yǎnshī

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 偃師／偃师 (Yǎnshī).

Proper noun

Yanshi

1. A district of Luoyang, Henan, China, formerly a county-level city.
   • [1975 November, Nai Hsia, “The Slaves Were the Makers of History—New archaeological finds on ancient Chinese slave society”, in China Reconstructs‎^[2], volume XXIV, number 11, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 40, column 2:

     Continued excavation at the Shang dynasty site at Erlitou in Yenshih county, Honan province, has yielded more finds of importance.]

   • 1987, Jessica Rawson, “Introduction”, in Chinese Bronzes: Art and Ritual‎^[3], British Museum Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 9:

     At present the direct antecedents of the sophisticated cast vessels from Erlitou-period tombs excavated at Yanshi near Luoyang remain undiscovered. Traces of earlier metal-working at Yanshi are hinted at in remains of crucibles and metal fragments, but much more information is still required.

   • 2021 April 10, “Across China: Smart irrigation saves water, increases yield”, in huaxia, editor, Xinhua News Agency‎^[4], archived from the original on 13 July 2022‎^[5]:

     In the 1950s, farmers in Dongsizhuang Village in the city of Yanshi started using a rubber ball to control the water outlet of the underground earthenware waterway.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 偃師／偃师 (zh) (Yǎnshī)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Yanshi”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3515, column 2

Anagrams

• Shiyan