Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Jingmen.
8/29/43 Fourteenth AF 9 B-25's, with ftr escort, bomb A/F at Chingmen.
1991, Combat Chronology 1941-1945, →OCLC, page https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RjzLqxg6KlAC/page/n208/2 more examples
Wang Chʻiang was born at Chingmen in modern Hopeh on the north bank of the Yangtse-kiang.
1956, Bernard Llewellyn, “The Captive Concubines”, in China's Courts and Concubines, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, page 161"The name of Bright Concubine was Ming Fei—some called her the Brilliant Lady. Many poets confuse her with Hsiang Fei, so you are not alone in the error. Wang was her family name and she was born in Chingmen.
1965, Alexander Cordell, chapter 15, in The Sinews of Love, Doubleday & Company, page 125
Origin
- Mandarin荆門
- EnglishChingmen
From Mandarin 荆門 (Jīngmén), Wade–Giles romanization: Ching¹-mên².
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