Haimen

Hai·men
H4A1I1M3E1N1

proper noun

A district of Nantong, Jiangsu, China; a former county-level city and former county of Nantong, Jiangsu, China.

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proper noun

alternative Hai-men

  1. A district of Nantong, Jiangsu, China; a former county-level city and former county of Nantong, Jiangsu, China.

    The Holy See was informed "a few days ago" of the decision by China to transfer Bishop Shen Bin from Haimen, in the Jiangsu province, to the diocese of Shanghai, the Vatican said.

    2023 April 4, Crispian Balmer, “Vatican says China has unilaterally appointed bishop to Shanghai”, in Raissa Kasolowsky, Jonathan Oatis, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 05 Apr 2023, World
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    At the mouth of the Yangtze, population-density on the island of Tsungming and the peninsula Haimen reaches an exaggerated figure, the one of 1475, the other of 700 inhabitants per square kilometre.

    1926, Paul Vidal de La Blache, translated by Millicent Todd Bingham, Principles of Human Geography, London: Constable Publishers, published 1959, →OCLC, page 76

    Japanese authorities served notice today that they intended to land troops at Haimen, 200 miles down the coast from Shanghai, later tomorrow in a new move to tighten the China coast blockade.

    1939 February 17, “JAPANESE TO SEIZE NEW COASTAL AREA; Foreign Shipping Is Warned of Move to Tighten Blockade South of Shanghai FRENCH IN HANKOW CLASH Gunboat to Aid Americans at Kuling--Invaders Shifting North in Guerrilla Fight”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Oct 2023, page 13

    The article by the cadres and commune members of the (Chunghsing) production brigade of (Tahsing) people's commune in Haimen County reveals that the correct method of work cannot be differentiated from the correct method of thinking and the correct world outlook, The method of work promoted by Chairman Mao is one of dialectic materialism.

    1969 November 10 [1969 November 9], “Articles of Dialectic Materialism Hailed”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 218, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Nanking Kiangsu Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, Communist China: East Region, page C 15

Origin

Borrowed from Mandarin 海門/海门 (Hǎimén, literally “sea gate”).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 海門 /海门
  • 海門 /海门 (hoi² mun⁴)district of Nantong, Jiangsu, China; former county-level city and county of Jiangsu, China
Chinese Mandarin 海門 /海门
  • 海門 /海门 (Hǎimén)district of Nantong, Jiangsu, China; former county-level city and county of Jiangsu, China

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“Haimen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Haimen. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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