Ch'in-huang-tao

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 秦皇島 / 秦皇岛 (Qínhuángdǎo) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻin²-huang²-tao³.

Proper noun

Ch'in-huang-tao

1. Alternative form of Qinhuangdao
   • 1941, Yen-yü Huang, “Viceroy Yeh Ming-ch‘ên and the Canton Episode (1856-1861)”, in Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies‎^[1], volume 6, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard-Yenching Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 46–47:

     Fearing attack on the northern ports by the English, he even took precautionary measures by strengthening the defense of Shan-hai-kuan 山海關 and Ch‘in-huang-tao 秦皇島.

   • 1958, “China, Industry and Commerce”, in C. K. Leung, Norton Ginsburg, editors, The Pattern of Asia‎^[2], Edgewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., published 1961, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 251:

     Here are the K’ai-lan coal mines, China’s second largest, and the three industrial centers— T’ang-shan, with its large cement factory; Ch’in-huang-tao, the coal export port and the site of the largest glass factory in China; and Tientsin, port as well as the chief cotton textile and flour-milling center for north China.

   • 1967, Yuan-li Wu, The Spatial Economy of Communist China‎^[3], Frederick A. Praeger Publishers, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 124:

     Coal produced in K’ai-luan was usually shipped by steamer through the port of Ch’in-huang-tao to Shanghai and other ports on the East China coast.

   • 1968, Kwang-chih Chang, The Archaeology of Ancient China‎^[4], Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 51:

     Then, in 1941, decision was reached between the Chungking and American authorities to transport these fossils to the United States for safekeeping, and they were crated and moved to a warehouse in Ch’in-huang-tao, a small port city northeast of Peking, into the custody of the U.S. Marines.

   • 1976 March, JeNelle Matheson, Construction Equipment A Market Assessment for the People's Republic of China‎^[5], U.S. Department of Commerce, →OCLC, page 8, column 2:

     Harbor improvements are planned for nine major ports along China's coast; five are being improved to upgrade petroleum transport facilities. Many of the projects involve construction of roads and railways as well as warehouses and oil storage tanks. Included in these plans are developments at the port of Ch’in-huang-tao, Talien and Huang-tao in the northeast and Chan-chiang in the south.

   • 1977 December 6, Howard K. Gloyd, “Descriptions of New Taxa of Crotalid Snakes from China and Ceylon (Sri Lanka)”, in Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington‎^[6], volume 90, number 4, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1009:

     This region is separated from the known range of brevicaudus by the southern Manchurian Plain and the mountains of Liaoning that extend almost to the sea at Ch’in-huang-tao.

   • 1989, Thomas G. Rawski, “Economic Growth in Prewar China”, in Economic Growth in Prewar China‎^[7], University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 312:

     Further evidence of rising wages comes from data for the mid-1920s indicating that yearly contracts for male farm laborers paid as little as 11 yuan in some localities, 30-40 yuan in others, and 60-70 yuan in Ch’in-huang-tao and T’ang-shan (near K’ai-luan).

   • 1999, “John Glenn, A Memoir”, in Today's Best Nonfiction‎^[8], volume 59, Reader's Digest Association, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 59:

     The squadron covered their evacuation by train from Peiping to the port city of Ch’in-huang-tao (now Quinhuangdao), where the Great Wall meets the ocean.

   • 2014, Debi Unger, Irwin Unger, “Between the Wars”, in George Marshall: A Biography‎^[9], 1st edition, HarperCollins, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 52:

     On July 12 the Marshall party boarded the army transport St. Mihiel in New York and, after stops with friends in San Francisco and Honolulu, landed at Ch’in-huang-tao, China, on September 7, reaching Tientsin regimental headquarters soon after.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Ch'in-huang-tao.

Translations

Qinhuangdao — see Qinhuangdao

Further reading

• “Ch’in-huang-tao”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Chinwangtao or Ch’in-huang-tao”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎^[10], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 399, column 2