T'ien-mên
Appearance
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- T'ien-men (also from Wade–Giles)
Etymology
[edit]From Mandarin 天門/天门 (Tiānmén), Wade-Giles romanization: Tʻien¹-mên².
Proper noun
[edit]- Alternative form of Tianmen
- 1943, Arthur W. Hummel Sr., editor, 章學誠 [CHANG Hsüeh-chʻêng] (Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period)[1], 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
[edit]Tianmen — see Tianmen