Yuzhong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌjuːˈd͡ʒɒŋ/
ipa: /ˌjuːˈd͡ʒʊŋ/
enpr: yüʹjo͝ongʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 渝中 (Yúzhōng, literally “central Chongqing”).
Senses: examples: text: Cruises to the Three Gorges are board at the Chaotianmen Dock in Yuzhong District (6310 0659), tickets require advanced booking.
ref: 2004, Intercontinental's Best of China, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 401:
text: The shopping area of Jiefangbei (“Monument of Liberation") in the Yuzhong District includes a wide variety of stores, recreation centers, hotels, and other facilities.
ref: 2008, Chen Xuejian, editor, Travel Around China, HarperCollins, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 93:
text: People young and old enjoy an afternoon on the banks of the Jialing River, facing the central Yuzhong district of Chongqing.
ref: 2012 December 24, Matt McCann, “In Western China, Steep Highs and Steep Lows”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Apr 2023, Photography, Video and Visual Journalism:
text: The central peninsula area of Yuzhong District, between the Jialing River to the north and the Yangtze River to the south, is the most interesting and dynamic area of Chongqing.
ref: 2015, Fodor's China (Fodor's), 9th edition, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 567:
text: Observing the results from the Route 3 implementation, one Yuzhong District senior government official believed that a similar project should be done to revitalize the heart of the central business district area, called Jiefangbei.
ref: 2015, Yang Jiang et al., “Making Streets Smile to Regenerate Cities: A Case of Chongqing, China”, in Reinventing Planning: Examples from the Profession, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 182:
glosses: A district of Chongqing, China.
examples: text: The city’s meteoric growth has left it with several million residents in the Yuzhong peninsula alone, and over 30 million in the municipal area! This gargantuan population and the city’s strategic importance led to Chongqing’s separation from its parent province, Szechuan, in 1997, and it was designated as a “specially administered municipality,” controlled directly by the central government.
ref: 2008, Simon Foster, “The Three Gorges”, in Adventure Guide: China (Hunter Travel Guides), Hunter Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 263:
text: Once you’ve been to Chongqing, it is hard to think of the city and not at the same time picture the beautiful mountains, and the majestic Yangtze River circumfloating the densely built Yuzhong Peninsula, only to absorb the waters of Jialing River just moments later.
ref: 2010, “Bigger Footprints”, in Asia Beyond Growth, Thames & Hudson, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 76, column 1:
text: The Yuzhong Peninsula, with a population of about 700,000 residents, has served as the business and historic center of the city (see Figure 1). Due to its mountainous landscape, walking has long been a necessary and popular mode of transportation within the center city.
ref: 2015, Yang Jiang et al., “Making Streets Smile to Regenerate Cities: A Case of Chongqing, China”, in Reinventing Planning: Examples from the Profession, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 176:
glosses: A peninsula in Yuzhong district, Chongqing, China.