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烟台

煙台
Yāntái
popculture

Meanings

  1. 1 Yantai (prefecture-level city in Shandong province)

Examples

烟台是山东半岛重要的港口城市。
Yāntái shì Shāndōng bàndǎo zhòngyào de gǎngkǒu chéngshì.
Yantai is a major port city on the Shandong peninsula.
烟台苹果在国内外都很有名。
Yāntái píngguǒ zài guónèi wài dōu hěn yǒumíng.
Yantai apples are famous both at home and abroad.

Tips

culture
The name 烟台 ('smoke platform') comes from Ming-dynasty beacon towers that lit signal fires along the coast to warn of Japanese pirate (倭寇 wōkòu) raids.

In Pop Culture

烟台苹果 Yāntái píngguǒ
Yantai apples
Geographic-indication produce; Yantai's coastal climate makes it China's most renowned apple-growing region.
张裕葡萄酒 Zhāngyù pútáojiǔ
Changyu Wine
Founded in Yantai in 1892, Changyu is China's oldest and largest wine company; the city is sometimes called China's wine capital.

Stroke Order

烟 yān
台 tái