雅安市

Yǎ'ānshì

proper noun

Meanings

1 Ya'an (prefecture-level city in western Sichuan, known for panda conservation, high rainfall and as the eastern gate of the Tibetan plateau)

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

2013年雅安市发生了强烈地震。

2013 nián Yǎ'ānshì fāshēng le qiángliè dìzhèn.

A major earthquake struck Ya'an in 2013.

HSK 7-9

雅安市以大熊猫保护闻名。

Yǎ'ānshì yǐ dàxióngmāo bǎohù wénmíng.

Ya'an is famous for giant panda conservation.

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culture

Ya'an hosts the 碧峰峡 and 蜂桶寨 panda bases, and gave its name to 雅安雨城 ('Rain City of Ya'an') because it is one of the wettest places in China. The nickname 雅雨 (Ya'an rain) joins 峨眉山 and 康定 in the traditional Sichuan saying 'Ya'an rain, Emei smoke, Kangding wind'.

history

Hit by a M7.0 earthquake on 2013-04-20 (the Lushan earthquake), just five years after the 2008 Wenchuan quake in the same region.

Stroke Order

雅 yǎ

安 ān

市 shì