Yongchun

English

Alternative forms

• Yung-ch'un (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 永春 (Yǒngchūn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔŋ.t͡ʃən/, enPR: yo͝ongʹcho͝onʹ

Proper noun

Yongchun

1. A county of Quanzhou, Fujian, China.
   • 2014 September 15, Michael Martina, Matthew Miller, Beijing newsroom, “'Mr. Confession' and his boss drive China's antitrust crusade”, in Ian Geoghegan, editor, Reuters‎^[2], archived from the original on 2023-04-23, Top News‎^[3]:

     Born in Yongchun county in the southern coastal province of Fujian, Xu spent years in the NDRC’s powerful pricing department.

   • (Can we date this quote?), “Longshan temple [四鯤鯓龍山寺]”, in Office of English as the Second Official Language, Tainan City Government‎^[4], archived from the original on 2022-08-03:

     The deity in the center is Master Qingshui. He was born in Yongchun County, Fujian in 1037. Master Qingshui left home at an early age to become a monk, and quickly became renowned for his intelligence and mastery of the sutras.

Synonyms

• (dated, from Hokkien) Eng-chhun, Eng Chhun
• (Malaysia, Singapore, from Hokkien) Eng Choon

Translations

city in Fujian

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 永春 (wing⁵ ceon¹)

  Hokkien: 永春 (Éng-chhun)

  Mandarin: 永春 (zh) (Yǒngchūn)

• Malay: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Yongchun”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[5], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3531, column 2