Erh-lien-hao-t'e

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 二連浩特／二连浩特 (Èrliánhàotè), Wade–Giles romanization: Êrh⁴-lien²-hao⁴-tʻê⁴.

Proper noun

Erh-lien-hao-t'e

1. Alternative form of Erlianhaote (Erenhot)
   • 1978, Chih-yen Hsia, chapter 9, in Liang-lao Dee, transl., The Coldest Winter in Peking‎^[2], Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 156:

     Somehow, you must get on the International Express for Ulan Bator this afternoon at five-thirty. Buy a ticket to Erh-lien-hao-t’e, but you must get off at the village of Sai-han-t’a-la. On no account go all the way to Erh-lien.

   • 1986, Bob Geldof, “Divers Bends”, in Is That It?‎^[3], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 174:

     Spotlights were directed on the train until, half-way, Chinese spotlights took over. But once out of Mongolia the oppressive atmosphere lifted immediately. The Chinese border station was called Erh-lien-hao-t’e and it was decked out with fairy lights.

   • 2011, “Major and Notable Semiarid Regions of the World”, in John P. Rafferty, editor, Deserts and Steppes‎^[4], 1st edition, Encyclopedia Britannica, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 210:

     The Trans-Mongolian Railway (completed 1955) links the capital of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, near the northern edge of the plateau, with Ulan-Ude in the republic of Buryatia in Russia and with Erh-lien-hao-t’e (Erenhot), northwest of Beijing in China.

Translations

Erlianhaote — see Erlianhaote