Yangtze

See also: Yangtzé

English

Alternative forms

Yangzi (ISO pinyin)

Etymology

An irregular transliteration from Mandarin 揚子江／扬子江 (Yángzǐ Jiāng), an older Chinese name of the part of the river near Yangzhou.

The folk etymology that it means "Son of the Ocean" derives from the homophonic misnomer 洋子江 which was apparently given to Matteo Ricci, whose posthumously-published journals popularized the name in Europe as Latin Iansu and Iansuchian.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈjæŋ(t)si/

Proper noun

Yangtze

The longest river in China that flows to the East China Sea north of Shanghai.

Synonyms

Chang Jiang
Blue River
Long River

Derived terms

Yangtzean
Yangtze river dolphin

Translations

river

Afrikaans: Yangtze
Albanian: Jance
Amharic: ያንትዜ ወንዝ (yantze wänz)
Arabic: يَانْغْتْسِي‎‎ m (yānḡtsī), تْشَانْغْجْيَانْغ‎‎ m (tšānḡjyānḡ)
Aragonese: río Yangtze m
Armenian: Յանցզի (Yancʿzi)
Azerbaijani: Yantszı
Basque: Yangtze
Belarusian: Янцзы́ f (Janczý), Чанцзя́н m (Čanczján)
Bengali: ইয়াং চি কিয়াং (iyang ci kiyang)
Bulgarian: Яндзъ (Jandzǎ)
Burmese: ယန်ဇီမြစ် (yanji-mrac)
Catalan: Iang-Tsé
Chinese:
Cantonese: 長江, 长江 (coeng⁴ gong¹), 揚子江, 扬子江 (joeng⁴ zi² gong¹)

Hakka: 長江, 长江 (Chhòng-kông)

Mandarin: 長江 (zh), 长江 (zh) (Cháng Jiāng), 揚子江 (zh), 扬子江 (zh) (Yángzǐ Jiāng)

Min Nan: 長江, 长江 (Tiông-kang, Tn̂g-kang)

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Czech: Jang-c'-ťiang (cs)
Danish: Yangtze
Dutch: Jangtsekiang, Blauwe Rivier f
Esperanto: Jangzio
Estonian: Jangtse
Finnish: Jangtse (fi)
French: Yangzi Jiang (fr), Yangtsé (fr) m, fleuve Bleu (fr) m
Galician: río Yangtzé m
Georgian: იანძი (ianʒi)
German: Jangtse
Greek: Γιανγκτσέ (el) n (Giangktsé)
Hebrew: יאנגצה‎‎
Hindi: चांग ज्यांग (cāṅg jyāṅg)
Hungarian: Jangce (hu)
Icelandic: Jangtse
Indonesian: Sungai Panjang
Irish: an Iaing-tsí f
Italian: Fiume Azzurro m
Japanese: 長江 (ja) (ちょうこう, Chōkō), 揚子江 (ja) (ようすこう, Yōsukō)
Javanese: Kali Yangtze
Kazakh: Чаңжәң (Çañjäñ)
Khmer: យ៉ង់ស៊ីឃៀង (yɑŋsii kʰieŋ)
Korean: 창강 (changgang)

Latvian: Jandzi
Lithuanian: Jangdzė
Macedonian: Јангцекјанг (Jangcekjang)
Malay: Sungai Panjang
Malayalam: യാംഗ്സ്റ്റേ കിയാംഗ് നദി (yāṅgsṟṟē kiyāṅgŭ nadi)
Marathi: यांगत्से (yāṅgatse)
Mongolian: Хөх мөрөн (Höh mörön)
Northern Sami: Jangze
Norwegian: Chang Jiang
Occitan: fluvi Blau m
Persian: یانگتسه‎‎ (yangtseh)
Polish: Jangcy (pl) f
Portuguese: Yangtzé m
Punjabi: ਯਾਂਗਤਸੇ ਨਦੀ (yāṅgtase nadī)
Quechua: Yangsi mayu
Romanian: Yangtze
Romansch: Jangtse
Russian: Янцзы́ (ru) f (Janczý), Чанцзя́н m (Čanczján)
Samogitian: Jangdzė
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Јангцекјанг, Јангце

Roman: Jangcekjang, Jangce
Slovak: Jang-c'-ťiang
Slovene: Jangce
Spanish: Yangtsé m
Swahili: Yangtze
Swedish: Yangtze, Changjiang
Tajik: Дарёи Янгтсе (Daryoyi Yangtse)
Tamil: யாங்சே (yāṅcē)
Telugu: యాంగ్జీ నది (yāṅgjī nadi)
Thai: แม่น้ำแยงซี (mâe-náam yaeng-see)
Tibetan: འབྲི་ཆུ ('bri chu)
Turkish: Yangtze
Turkmen: Ýanszy
Ukrainian: Янцзи́ f (Janczý), Чанцзя́н m (Čanczján)
Uyghur: چاڭجياڭ دەرياسى‎‎ (changjyang deryasi)
Uzbek: Yanszi
Vietnamese: Trường Giang (vi) (長江), (sông) Dương Tử (揚子)
Walloon: Yangtzé
Welsh: Afon Yangtze
Zhuang: Dahcangzgyangh

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