Advertisement

Advertisement

Yinchuan

Wade-Giles, Yin·ch'uan;

[yin-chwahn]

noun

Pinyin.
  1. a city in and the capital of Ningxia Hui region, in N China.



Yinchuan

/ ˈjɪnˈtʃwɑːn /

noun

  1. a city in N central China, capital of Ningxia, on the Yellow River. Pop: 642 000 (2005 est)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The policy of “consolidating mosques” was also referenced in a March 2018 document issued by the government of Yinchuan, the capital of Ningxia.

Read more on Seattle Times

Last October, an explosion at a barbecue restaurant in the northwestern Yinchuan province killed 31.

Read more on Washington Times

Last October, an explosion at a barbecue restaurant in the north-western Yinchuan province killed 31 people.

Read more on BBC

Chinese leader Xi Jinping ordered a national safety campaign in June after 31 people were killed in cooking gas explosion at a barbecue restaurant in the northwestern city of Yinchuan.

Read more on Seattle Times

The disaster occurred less than 12 hours after an explosion Wednesday evening blamed on cooking gas killed 31 people in a barbecue restaurant in Yinchuan, a city in China’s northwest.

Read more on Seattle Times

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


yin and yangyindie