Yangtze

[ yang-see, -tsee; Chinese yahng-tse ]

/ ˈyæŋˈsi, -ˈtsi; Chinese ˈyɑŋˈtsɛ /

noun

Older Spelling. Chang Jiang.

Also called Yangtze Kiang

[kyahng] /kyɑŋ/.

Example sentences from the Web for yangtze

The site of the port will be on the west side of the entrance to the Poyang Lake and the right bank of the Yangtze.

The International Development of China |Sun Yat-sen
I suggest that four large factories should be started simultaneously at the beginning—two on the coast and two on the Yangtze.

The International Development of China |Sun Yat-sen
Thus, vessels of ten feet draught may freely pass between the Yangtze and the Sikiang.

The International Development of China |Sun Yat-sen
An hour's time brought us to Fowchow, on the mighty Yangtze Kiang.

The Image and the Likeness |John Scott Campbell

The three ports to be opened on the Yangtze stood on quite a different footing.

The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era, Vol. I (of 2) |Alexander Michie

British Dictionary definitions for yangtze

Yangtze

/ (ˈjæŋtsɪ, ˈjæŋktsɪ) /

noun

the longest river in China, rising in SE Qinghai province and flowing east to the East China Sea near Shanghai: a major commercial waterway in one of the most densely populated areas of the world. The Three Gorges dam near Yichang, the world's biggest hydroelectric and flood-control project, was begun in 1994 and the dam was completed in 2003, with filling taking several years thereafter. Length: 5528 km (3434 miles) Also: Yangtze Kiang, Chang Jiang, Chang

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