尉犁

Yùlí

proper noun

Meanings

HSK 5

尉犁是新疆的一个县。

Yùlí shì Xīnjiāng de yí ge xiàn.

Yuli is a county in Xinjiang.

HSK 7-9

尉犁的塔里木河边上长着很多胡杨。

Yùlí de Tǎlǐmù Hé biānshang zhǎng zhe hěnduō húyáng.

Many desert poplars grow along the Tarim River in Yuli.

mistakes

尉 is read yù here, as in the surname 尉迟, not wèi as in military ranks such as 上尉.

history

The name goes back to 尉犁国, a small oasis state of the Western Regions in Han times. The county lies south of 库尔勒 on the lower 塔里木河.

尉 wèi

犁 lí