Tsinan

English

Etymology

From the Postal Romanization of Mandarin 濟南／济南 (Jǐnán).

Pronunciation

• enPR: tsǐʹnänʹ

Proper noun

Tsinan

1. Alternative form of Jinan (city in Shandong Province, China)
   • 1921, John Dewey, China, Japan and the U.S.A.‎^[1], Republic Publishing Co., Inc., page 14:

     It is only a slight exaggeration to say that they "took" the Chinese Tsinan before they took the German Tsing-tao....When the Japanese consul at Tsinan was visited by Chinese officials in protest against these illegal arrests, the consul disclaimed all jurisdiction.

   • 1969, Robert Payne, Chiang Kai-shek‎^[2], New York: Weybright and Talley, page 139:

     Some fifty thousand Japanese forces straddled the Kiaochow-Tsinan railway, determined to protect Japanese "interests" in Shantung. There were occasional clashes and skirmishes with Chinese troops, and several hundred Chinese soldiers were killed. The Japanese occupied Tsinan, took over the telegraph and post offices, put up sandbags in the streets, and gave every appearance of preparing to contend for the province of Shantung against four revolutionary armies.

   • 1977 June 22 [1977 June 21], “Shantung First Secretary Presides Over Memorial Service”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China‎^[3], volume I, number 120, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page G 9‎^[4]:

     Comrade Huo Wei-te, vice chairman of the Shantung provincial committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, died of illness on 14 June 1977 in Tsinan at the age of 76 despite medical treatment. Comrade Huo Wei-te was from a poor peasant family of (Leichiakuang) village of the (Chunghsiao) commune in Suite County, Shensi Province.

   • 2013, Graeme Kent, On the Run‎^[5], New York: MJF Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 283:

     For ten years, Lowell Skinner worked in a paper mill in the city of Tsinan.

   • 2014, David Downing, Jack of Spies‎^[6], Soho Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 28:

     There was a British consulate in Tsinan, but also another German concession.
     . . .
     It looked like he could relax until they reached Tsinan.

Translations

Jinan — see Jinan

Further reading

• “Tsinan”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Tsinan, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Tsinan”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Tsinan” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

Anagrams

• Santin, nastin, nintas