K'un-shan

See also: Kunshan

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 崑山 / 昆山 (Kūnshān), Wade–Giles romanization: Kʻun¹-shan¹.

Proper noun

K'un-shan

1. Alternative form of Kunshan
   • 1927, John C. Ferguson, Chinese Painting‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Press, →OCLC, page 148:

     He was a native of Hua-t’ing, Kiangsu Province, and was director of education at K’un-shan, but retired on account of his dislike of public life.

   • 1957, Kalivodová, translated by Iris Urwin, Chinese Theatre‎^[2], Czechoslovakia: Spring Books, →OCLC, page 29:

     Wei Liang-fu lived in K’un-shan near Shanghai, and for ten years studied the old operas and their music.

   • 2002, Annping Chin, Four Sisters of Hofei‎^[3], Scribner, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 130:

     Then, in 1936, the Firemen's Association of K’un-shan sponsored a benefit concert. This was a big deal because K’un-shan was the place where k’un-ch’ü originated six hundred years ago.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:K'un-shan.

Translations

Kunshan — see Kunshan