Tso-yün

A form of Zuoyun — A county of Datong, Shanxi, China.

OriginMandarin 左雲 /左云 →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Zuoyun.

    At Tso-yün he arrived in time to see the Mission house there in flames.

    1901, Marshall Broomhall, quoting Mr. Mills, Martyred Missionaries of the China Inland Mission, →OCLC, →OL, page 146
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    Ma Chien-chi 馬建奇 has been mentioned as a Muslim in D.D. Leslie, Islamic Literature in Chinese, Canberra 1981, p. 32. He was a native of Tso-yün 左雲 in Shansi, who had become a Metropolitan Graduate in 1733.

    1991, Eduard B. Vermeer, Chinese Local History: Stone Inscriptions From Fukien In The Sung To Ch'ing Periods, Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 132

    At this, the Shan-yü, leading over 100,000 horsemen through the fortifications, entered at the fortification of Wu-chou 武州.⁷³[...] ⁷³A county seat located in the center of Yen-men Commandery, south of modern Tso-yün 左雲 in Shansi (T'an Ch'i-hsiang, 2:17).

    2011, Ssu-ma Ch'ien, edited by William H. Nienhauser, Jr., The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume IX: The Memoirs of Han China, volume II, published 2019, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 186

Origin

  1. Mandarin左雲 /左云
  2. EnglishTso-yün

From Mandarin 左雲 /左云 (Zuǒyún) Wade–Giles romanization: Tso³-yün².

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