Men-t'ou-kou

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 門頭溝／门头沟 (Méntóugōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Mên²-tʻou²-kou¹.

Proper noun

Men-t'ou-kou

1. Alternative form of Mentougou
   • 1967, Yuan-li Wu, “Efficiency in the Use of Transport Input”, in The Spatial Economy of Communist China‎^[2], Frederick A. Praeger Publishers, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 192:

     Again, coal was shipped eastward from Kuan-yin-t'ang in Honan while the same kind of coal was being shipped westward from the Feng-feng and Chiao-tso mines — a typical instance of cross-hauling. Another example is the shipment of coal for household consumption from Yang-ch'uan in Shansi to Peking where local coal from Men-t'ou-kou was available, even though there may have been some quality difference.

   • 1968, “PEKING (PEIPING)”, in Encyclopedia Britannica‎^[3], volume 17, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 533, column 1:

     Beyond Shih-ching-shan, at the end of a rail spur, 20 mi. west of the city centre, are the coal mines of Men-t'ou-kou.

   • 1996, Jacques Gernet, “The Beginnings of Modern China and the Crisis at the End of the Ming Dynasty”, in J. R. Foster, Charles Hartman, transl., A History of Chinese Civilization‎^[4], 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 432:

     In 1603 the miners of the private mines of Men-t'ou-kou, thirty kilometres east of Peking, made a protest march to the capital.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Men-t'ou-kou.