Proper Name guide

Yantai

name · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • yěnʹtīʹ

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name

Meaning 1

A coastal prefecture-level city in northeastern Shandong, China.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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name

Meaning 2

Zhifu, a former village in northeastern Shandong, China, which grew into modern Yantai.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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name

Meaning 3

A village in the township of Haidao, Xiapu County in the prefecture-level city of Ningde, Fujian, China.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Chinese 煙臺 /烟台 (Yāntái, “smoke tower”), from a Ming-era signal tower on Mount Qi.

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: يَانْتَاي (yantay) — a city of China
  • Chinese Mandarin: 煙臺 /烟台 or 煙台 (Yāntái) — a city of China
  • Hungarian: Jentaj — a city of China
  • Japanese: 煙台 (Entai) — a city of China
  • Korean: 연태 (Yeontae) — a city of China
  • Macedonian: Ја́нтај (Jántaj) — a city of China
  • Russian: Яньта́й (Janʹtáj) — a city of China
  • Vietnamese: Yên Đài — a city of China