Ta-teng

English

Map including Ta-teng Tao (AMS, 1954) →OCLC

Etymology

From Mandarin 大嶝 (Dàdèng) Wade–Giles romanization: Ta⁴-têng⁴.

Proper noun

Ta-teng

1. Alternative form of Dadeng
   • 1956 February 22, John C. Caldwell, “Shadow On Formosa”, in National Review‎^[1], volume I, number 14, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 15:

     Causeways Built
     No one can accurately gauge Red Chinese intentions. But there can be no doubt of their activity all along the China coast facing Formosa. A concrete causeway has been built, linking Amoy with the mainland. (Amoy is four miles from Quemoy.) Another causeway, linking Ta-teng Island (six thousand meters off Quemoy’s northern end) with the mainland is almost completed.

   • 1976, Chinese Pen‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 14:

     Every few minutes he would peek out furtively from under his jacket to look at the coast of Amoy. When they arrived at Ta-teng island, the general took him on a tour of the underground tunnels and showed him the sheer cliffs bordering the coast of the[...]

   • 1982, Nancy Ing, Winter Plum: Contemporary Chinese Fiction‎^[3], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 90:

     [...]even a trench, let alone any fortifications on Quemoy. The only guns they had then were four 42 mm cannons. The difference between then and today, was that scientific? Then he took the report to Ta-teng⁴ Island on a rubber raft. The waves were fairly rough that day and the general also told the frogmen to try a few[...]

Translations

Dadeng — see Dadeng

Anagrams

• Gatten