T'ien-an-men

See also: Tienanmen

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 天安門／天安门 (Tiān'ānmén), Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻien¹-an¹-mên².

Proper noun

T'ien-an-men

1. Alternative form of Tian'anmen
   • 1976, “Uniforms and Insignia—Awards and Decorations”, in The Chinese Armed Forces Today: The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency Handbook of China's Army, Navy and Air Force‎^[1], Arms and Armour Press, published 1979, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 165:

     The cap insignia for all personnel is the national emblem, T’ien-an-men (Heavenly gate), and the collar tabs are red. (Figure 25.)

   • [1975 March, Hsiu-mei Wu, “Taking to the Skies”, in China Reconstructs‎^[2], volume XXIV, number 3, Peking, →OCLC, page 11, column 1:

     March 8, 1952, International Working Women’s Day, was an unforgettable day for me. We, the first women fliers of new China, flew in formation over Tien An Men to be reviewed by the Chinese people’s great leader Chairman Mao. Later he received us in Chungnanhai and posed for a picture with us.]

   • [1977 [1975], Jürgen Domes, “The End of the Successor”, in Annette Berg, David Goodman, editors, China after the Cultural Revolution: Politics between Two Party Congresses [China nach der Kulturrevolution: Politik zwischen zwei Parteitagen]‎^[3], University of California Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 122:

     Shortly before this the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Peking had informed the foreign embassies that, for the first time since the foundation of the PRC in 1949, there would be no mass rally in front of the T’ien-an-mên (Gate of Heaven) on National Day (1 October).]

   • 1984, Michael Sullivan, “The Yüan Dynasty”, in The Arts of China‎^[4], 3rd edition, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 182:

     Prospect Hill lies in the rectangle to the north, while to the south is the main gate of the Forbidden City, T'ien-an-men.

   • [1985, John Hersey, “God-Intoxicated”, in The Call‎^[5], Penguin Books, published 1986, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 361:

     A wildfire of protest had swept across China, and on May 4 some five thousand students from Peking University had held a demonstration at the T’ien-an men, the gate to the palace.]

   • 1999, Dorothy Perkins, “Emblem, National”, in Encyclopedia of China: The Essential Reference to China, Its History and Culture‎^[6], Checkmark Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 142, column 2:

     The national or state emblem depicts the Gate of Heavenly Peace (Tiananmen or T’ien-an-men) that leads from Tiananmen Square to the Forbidden City (former imperial palace) in Beijing.

Further reading

• “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China‎^[7], Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 476, 485: “The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin, […] T'ien An Men (Tiananmen) 天安門”