T'ien-mên
English
Alternative forms
- (also from Wade–Giles) T'ien-men
Etymology
From Mandarin 天門／天门 (Tiānmén), Wade-Giles romanization: Tʻien¹-mên².
Proper noun
T'ien-mên
- Alternative form of Tianmen
- 1943, Arthur W. Hummel Sr., editor, CHANG Hsüeh-chʻêng (章學誠) (Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period), volume 1, Government Printing Office, page 38:
- In 1764 he visited Tʻien-mên, Hupeh, where his father was director of an Academy and compiler of the local history, 天門縣志 Tʻien-mên hsien-chih, completed in 1765 in 24 chüan.
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Translations
Tianmen — see Tianmen
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