Qimen

English

Alternative forms

• Ch'i-men, Ch'i-mên (Wade–Giles)
• Keemun

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 祁門 / 祁门 (Qímén).

Proper noun

Qimen

1. A county of Huangshan, Anhui, China.
   • [1973 May, “Keemun Black - A Famous Tea”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXII, number 5, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 23:

     KEEMUN black tea, a famous Chinese product, has long been a favorite for its clear color and fresh, smooth flavor, brewed from fine, tightly-rolled leaves. It comes from the area around Keemun county in the beautiful Huangshan Mountains in southern Anhwei province.]

   • [1978, Yu-min Chuang (Yu-ming Chong) [莊育民], “The Historical Development in Acupunctural Medicine [歷史上的發展]”, in Historical Review of the Development of the Chinese Acupuncture [中國鐵灸發展史]‎^[2], Taipei, →OCLC, page 106:

     Wong lived during the Ming Dynasty in Chimen county, Anhui province; his style was Hsing Tse (省之).

     [original: 明代祁門（安徽省）人，字省之。]]

   • 2014 May 14, Kate Kelland, “Scientists, drugmakers, charities sign UK deal on animal research”, in Larry King, editor, Reuters‎^[3], archived from the original on 29 April 2022‎^[4]:

     Macaques look out from their cell at the Anhui Provincial Experimental Macaque Training Center in Qimen county, Anhui province, November 19, 2008.

Translations

county in eastern China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 祁門 / 祁门 (zh) (Qímén)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Qimen, Ch'i-men, Chi-men, Chimen at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Qinmen”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[5], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2546, column 2