T'ien-men

A form of Tianmen — A sub-prefectural city of Hubei, China.

OriginMandarin 天門 /天门 →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Tianmen.

    In 1760-61 he was master of the local academy in Ying-ch’eng; in 1764 he had a similar position in nearby T’ien-men.

    1966, David S. Nivison, The Life and Thought of Chang Hsüeh-ch'eng (1738-1801), Stanford University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 25–26
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    Yesterday a barbarian soldier reported General Hsiao T'ien-tso was at Nine Dragons Flying Tiger Valley and had fought a battle at T'ien-men.

    1967, Adolphe Clarence Scott, transl., Traditional Chinese Plays, 1970 printing, volume 1, University of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 35

    His literary corpus reflects a rural setting, perhaps a modest compound near Ching-ling (modern Tʻien-men County), located in Hupei just north of the watersmeet of the Han and Yangtze rivers.

    1979, William H. Nienhauser, Jr., Pʻi Jih-hsiu (Twayne's World Authors Series), →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 21

Origin

  1. Mandarin天門 /天门
  2. EnglishT'ien-men

From Mandarin 天門 /天门 (Tiānmén), Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻien¹-mên².

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