Meanings
alternative T'un-hsi
- A district of Huangshan, Anhui, China.
An hour later, we said hello to Tunhsi. Tunhsi is the gateway to Huangshan, China’s most spectacular mountain.
黃山 九花山
[2016, Bill Porter, “Huangshan & Chiuhuashan [黃山 九花山]”, in South of the Yangtze: Travels Through the Heart of China, Counterpoint Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1394 more examples
The bronze vessels discovered at Tunhsi, in Anhwei province south of the Yangtze River, were found in several tombs of the Western Chou dynasty.
[1973 June, Nai Hsia, “600,000 Years of Labor and Struggle”, in China Reconstructs, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 24, column 3The same is true of Western Zhou bronzes excavated in Dantu county, Jiangsu Province, and Tunxi, Anhui Province.[...]The bronzes from a tomb of the Western Zhou at Yiqi, Tunxi, also have some of their own peculiar designs, such as a gui with a weaving pattern commonly seen on bamboo-woven articles of south China, but rarely encountered in the Central Plain.
The Wonder of Chinese Bronzes
1980, Li Xueqin, 中国青铜器的奥秘 [The Wonder of Chinese Bronzes], Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 77Thus, it was only with the help of supporters that Gale was able to take postgraduate medical courses at Columbia Medical College, and prepare for the new mission field in Tunki Anhwei.
[2001, M. Cristina Zaccarini, The Sino-American Friendship as Tradition and Challenge: Dr. Ailie Gale in China, 1908–1950, Lehigh University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 97Round-trip flights between Shanghai and Huangshan City (also known as Tunxi) start at 580 renminbi (about $93)[…]
2011 October 28, Justin Bergman, “In Anhui, China, Centuries-Old Charm”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 May 2017, TRAVELSynonyms: Tunki
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA district of Huangshan, Anhui, China.
Origin
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 屯溪 (Túnxī).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 屯溪
- 屯溪 (tyun⁴ kai¹)district of Huangshan, Anhui, China
Chinese Mandarin 屯溪
- 屯溪 (Túnxī)district of Huangshan, Anhui, China
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