Yangtze

== English == === Alternative forms === Yang-tze Yangtzi (proscribed) Yangtse, Yang-tse, Yangtsz, Yangtsze Yang-tzŭ, Yang-tzu (Wade–Giles) Yangzi (Hanyu Pinyin) Iansu, Yamsu (Latinate) === Etymology === An irregular romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 揚子 / 扬子 (Yángzǐ) and 揚子江 / 扬子江 (Yángzǐ Jiāng), a former name for the lower stretches of the Yangtze derived from 揚子津 (Yángzǐjīn)(zh-wikipedia), a former ferry crossing near Yangzhou, applied by foreign visitors to the entire length of the river. 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 river in Europe as Latin Iansu and Iansuchian. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈjæŋtsi/, /ˈjæŋzi/, /ˈjɑŋzi/, /ˈjɑŋtsə/ enPR: yǎngʹtsēʹ, yǎngʹzēʹ, yängʹzēʹ, yängʹtsə, yängʹdzûʹ Hyphenation: Yang‧tze === Proper noun === Yangtze The chief river of central China and the third longest river in the world, flowing a total of 6300 km. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Yangtze. ==== Synonyms ==== Chang Jiang, Chang River, Long River, Ch'ang Chiang, Jiang, Kiang Blue River (obs.) Yangzi Jiang, Yangtze Kiang, Iansuchian ==== Hyponyms ==== Jinsha, Chinsha (upper stretches) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === Yangtze River, in Encyclopædia Britannica “Yangtze, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “Yangtze”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.