Explore Yalu through 8 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like river. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Yalu meaning
A river on the China-North Korea border.
Synonyms of Yalu
Using Yalu
- The main meaning on this page is: A river on the China-North Korea border.
- Useful related words include: yalu river, river.
- In the example corpus, yalu often appears in combinations such as: the yalu, yalu river, word yalu.
Context around Yalu
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Yalu
- In this selection, "yalu" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, word, chinese, river, phonetically and means stand out and add context to how "yalu" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include across the yalu river from and along the yalu a site. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "yalu" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with yalu
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Manchu word "Yalu" means "the boundary between two countries". (10 words)
It is located primarily along areas where the Yalu River dividing the two countries is narrow and the river banks low. (21 words)
By 1898 they had acquired mining and forestry concessions near the Yalu and Tumen rivers, Paine, p. 317 causing the Japanese much anxiety. (23 words)
Many former fortresses are located along the river and the former capital of that kingdom was situated at what is now the medium-sized city of Ji'an, Jilin along the Yalu, a site rich in Goguryeo era relics. (39 words)
Earlier this week, Spavor had been expected to travel to Seoul, his former base, from Dandong, a gateway city which lies across the Yalu River from Sinuiju in North Korea. (30 words)
In Mandarin Chinese, "Yalu" phonetically approximates the original Manchu word "Yalu", but literally means "Duck Green", which was said to have been once the color of the river. (28 words)
Example sentences (8)
In Mandarin Chinese, "Yalu" phonetically approximates the original Manchu word "Yalu", but literally means "Duck Green", which was said to have been once the color of the river.
Earlier this week, Spavor had been expected to travel to Seoul, his former base, from Dandong, a gateway city which lies across the Yalu River from Sinuiju in North Korea.
By 1898 they had acquired mining and forestry concessions near the Yalu and Tumen rivers, Paine, p. 317 causing the Japanese much anxiety.
By the end of April, the Japanese Imperial Army under Kuroki Itei was ready to cross the Yalu River into Russian-occupied Manchuria.
It is located primarily along areas where the Yalu River dividing the two countries is narrow and the river banks low.
Many former fortresses are located along the river and the former capital of that kingdom was situated at what is now the medium-sized city of Ji'an, Jilin along the Yalu, a site rich in Goguryeo era relics.
The Manchu word "Yalu" means "the boundary between two countries".
With the entire UN front collapsing, the race to the Yalu was ended with the communist forces of China recapturing much of North Korea.
Common combinations with yalu
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: