Tungyin

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 東引 (Dōngyǐn), Wade–Giles romanization: Tung¹-yin³.

Proper noun

Tungyin

1. Alternative form of Dongyin (island)
   • 1959 January 10, A179‎^[1], Associated Press Clippings, sourced from LONDON (AP), page 5794, column 1:

     PEIPING RADIO SAID TODAY COMMUNIST CHINA ISSUED ITS 47TH "SERIOUS WARNING" TO THE UNITED STATES FOR ALLEGED VIOLATION OF CHINA'S TERRITORIAL WATERS.
     THE BROADCAST CLAIMED AN AMERICAN WARSHIP VIOLATED CHINA'S TERRITORIAL WATERS IN THE MATSU AND TUNGYIN ISLAND AREAS OF FUKIEN PROVINCE.

   • 1962, DeWitt S. Copp, “The Mudcats”, in The Odd Day‎^[2], William Morrow and Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 67:

     "Way up here," Kueffer pointed thirty miles further north of the Matsus, "are two more islands we hold but, technically, although they're administered from here, they aren't part of this complex." He tapped the names on the map: Tungyin and Hsiyin.

   • 1964 January, Sam Duke, “Free China's Savage Commando War Against Peiping”, in Man's Illustrated‎^[3], volume 8, number 8, →OCLC, page 22, column 3:

     Main base for the hush-hush N.S.A. is a heavily guarded outpost in the Tungyin Islands. Here—only 20 miles across the South China Sea from the enslaved mainland—the Nationalist raiders prepare for their frequent forays into Red territory.

   • 1998, Robert Storey, “Islands of the Taiwan Straits”, in Taiwan (Lonely Planet)‎^[4], 4th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 323–324:

     TUNGYIN TOWNSHIP
     (dōngyǐn xiāng) 東引鄉
     This northernmost outpost of the Matsu archipelago is a remote place that sees few visitors. The largest island in the township is Tungyin (dōngyǐn) and to the west of that is Hsiyin (xīyǐn). […]
     TUNGYIN ISLAND
     (dōngyǐn) 東引
     Tungyin is a very windy island and therefore is almost totally devoid of trees. Grass is the main vegetation. The local population (soldiers excluded) is around 700, but military personnel far outnumber civilians.

   • 2000 April 13, Monique Chu, “Coast guard comes under attack”, in Taipei Times‎^[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 October 2022, Local News, page 2‎^[6]:

     CGA Deputy Director You confirmed that the number of fishing boats from China anchored near Kinmen and Tungyin had increased lately.

   • 2014 June 29, “Wreckage of British ship S.S. Sobraon found”, in Focus Taiwan‎^[7], archived from the original on 04 October 2022, Society‎^[8]:

     Reports dating back more than a century that a British ship sank near Tungyin Island in 1901 were confirmed recently after divers found its wreckage and salvaged some objects from it, the United Daily News reported Sunday.

   • 2022 February 11, Minnie Chen, “Was it Beijing testing Taiwan’s defences with unidentified Matsu island flyover?”, in South China Morning Post‎^[9], archived from the original on 11 February 2022, China Military:

     Residents of Tungyin, a frontline islet under Taiwan’s Matsu islands cluster, said they spotted an unidentified aircraft flying overhead at 2.45pm on February 5, while video footage from the watchtower monitor showed an aircraft crossing the skies and flying out towards the east.
     The military commanding centre of Tungyin confirmed that “a fixed-wing twin-propeller aircraft [had] briefly entered the airspace and soon left”.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Tungyin.