Kunming Lake

See also: K'un-ming Lake

English

Alternative forms

• K'un-ming Lake (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

Partial calque of Mandarin 昆明湖 (Kūnmíng Hú, literally “Kunming lake”).

Proper noun

Kunming Lake

1. A lake in Beijing, China, on the grounds of the Summer Palace
   • 1974 July 17 [1974 July 16], “Chinese Take to Water To Mark Mao's Swim”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 September 2023, page 13‎^[2]:

     At Peking's Kunming Lake, processions of people swam between lines of crowded, flag‐bedecked boats accompanied by martial music on loudspeakers.

2. Synonym of Lake Dian

Translations

lakes

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 昆明湖 (zh) (Kūnmíng Hú)

• Japanese: 昆明湖 (こんめいこ, Konmei Ko)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Manchu: ᡴᡠᠨ
  ᠮᡳᠩ
  ᡥᡡ
  ᡨᡝᠩᡤᡳᠨ (kun ming hū tenggin)

Further reading

• Kunming Lake, K'un-ming Lake at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.