Yanping

Synonym of Enping: the Cantonese-derived name.

Proper noun

  1. Synonym of Enping: the Cantonese-derived name.
    • Tang Pun-yan (the pro-Chan general now holding the southern peninsula of Kwangtung) is advancing by two routes to attack Kongmoon. Fighting has broken out at Yanping (in the Sze Yap districts). - 1925 October 28,...
    • The enemy plane "No. 815" which took advantage of the bad weather to intrude over an area near Yanping in Kwangtung, crashed in flames in the Nanwan area to the south of Yanping. - 1959, Survey of China Mainland Press,...

    Synonyms: Enping

Origin

From Cantonese 恩平 (jan¹ ping⁴).

Proper noun Entry 2

  1. A district of Nanping, Fujian, China.
    • The Chinese String Puppet Show is a folk art with unique Chinese characteristics. The string puppets in Taqian Town, in Yanping District of Nanping City, Fujian Province, enjoy a long and rich history. - 2002 October,...
    • It must be pointed out that due to the intervention of the government in 1998; the snake god contest had new contents in its ceremony activities. For example, there is a placard with eye-catching slogan of "to...

Origin

From Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 延平 (Yánpíng).