Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Kunshan.
Wei Liang-fu lived in K’un-shan near Shanghai, and for ten years studied the old operas and their music.
1957, Kalivodová, translated by Iris Urwin, Chinese Theatre, Czechoslovakia: Spring Books, →OCLC, page 292 more examples
He was a native of Hua-t’ing, Kiangsu Province, and was director of education at K’un-shan, but retired on account of his dislike of public life.
1927, John C. Ferguson, Chinese Painting, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, →OCLC, page 148Then, in 1936, the Firemen's Association of K’un-shan sponsored a benefit concert. This was a big deal because K’un-shan was the place where k’un-ch’ü originated six hundred years ago.
2002, Annping Chin, Four Sisters of Hofei, Scribner, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 130
Origin
- Mandarin崑山 /昆山
- EnglishK'un-shan
From Mandarin 崑山 /昆山 (Kūnshān), Wade–Giles romanization: Kʻun¹-shan¹.
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