T'ien-mên
English
Alternative forms
- T'ien-men (also from Wade–Giles)
Etymology
From Mandarin 天門／天门 (Tiānmén), Wade-Giles romanization: Tʻien¹-mên².
Proper noun
- Alternative form of Tianmen
- 1943, Arthur W. Hummel Sr., editor, 章學誠 [CHANG Hsüeh-chʻêng] (Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period), 1970 printing, volume 1, Government Printing Office, page 38:
- In 1764 he visited Tʻien-mên, Hupeh, where his father was director of an Academy and compiler of the local history, 天門縣志 Tʻien-mên hsien-chih, completed in 1765 in 24 chüan.
Translations
Tianmen — see Tianmen
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.