Ch'ung-ming
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Mandarin 崇明 (Chóngmíng) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻung²-ming².[1]
Proper noun
[edit]Ch'ung-ming
- Alternative form of Chongming
- 1937, Michael Calvert, “Shanghai”, in Jon E. Lewis, editor, The Giant Book of Battles[1], London: Magpie Books, published 2006, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 129:
- Chʻung-ming, an island astride the mouth of the Yangtze, had been captured against quite stiff opposition from the Chinese River Defense Force and was being developed into an advance naval and air base.
- 1976, Lawrence D. Kessler, K'ang-hsi and the Consolidation of Ch'ing Rule 1661-1684[2], University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 91:
- Cheng's presence along the southeast coastline made the Manchus nervous about the security of Ch'ung-ming island off the Kiangsu coast, which they promptly reinforced.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Ch'ung-ming.
Translations
[edit]Chongming — see Chongming
References
[edit]- ^ Chongming Island, (Wade-Giles romanization) Ch’ung-ming Tao, in Encyclopædia Britannica