Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Lake Dian.
Farther south, on the shores of Lake Tien in Yunnan, a tomb bore a golden seal with a Chinese inscription, "Seal of the King of Tien."
1981, Thomas C. Patterson, Archaeology: the Evolution of Ancient Societies, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1921 more example
The site of Shih-chai-shan, an early Iron Age necropolis, lies on the southeast shore of Lake Tien (⿰氵眞池), some thirty to thirty-five miles southeast of K’un-ming 昆明 in Yünnan province.
1972, Emma C. Bunker, “The Tien Culture and Some Aspects of Its Relationship to the Dong-son Culture”, in Noel Barnard, Douglas Fraser, editors, Early Chinese Art and its Possible Influence in the Pacific Basin: A Symposium Arranged by the Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University, New York City, August 21-25, 1967, volume 2, New York: Intercultural Arts Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 291
Origin
From Mandarin 滇池 (Diān Chí), Wade-Giles romanization: Tien¹ Chʻih².
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