宜昌

Yíchāng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Yichang, city on the Yangtze in western Hubei, at the eastern end of the Three Gorges

Examples

HSK 2
Sānxiá Dàbà jiù zài Yíchāng.
The Three Gorges Dam is in Yichang.
HSK 4
Yíchāng yǐqián jiào Yílíng, Sānguó shí Lù Xùn jiùshì zài zhèli dǎbài le Liú Bèi.
Yichang used to be called Yiling; it was here in the Three Kingdoms period that Lu Xun defeated Liu Bei.

Tips

culture
Known as the gateway to the Three Gorges (三峡), the city has two great dams: 葛洲坝 in town and the Three Gorges Dam upstream. Boats through the gorges to Chongqing set out from here. The official name is 宜昌市.

Stroke Order

宜 yí
昌 chāng