Qimen

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1][2] romanization of Mandarin 祁門 / 祁门 (Qímén).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: chē′mŭn′[3]
  • Hyphenation: Qi‧men

Proper noun

Qimen

  1. A county of Huangshan, Anhui, China.
    • [1973 May, “Keemun Black - A Famous Tea”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXII, number 5, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 23:
      KEEMUN black tea, a famous Chinese product, has long been a favorite for its clear color and fresh, smooth flavor, brewed from fine, tightly-rolled leaves. It comes from the area around Keemun county in the beautiful Huangshan Mountains in southern Anhwei province.]
    • [1978, Yu-min Chuang (Yu-ming Chong) [莊育民], “The Historical Development in Acupunctural Medicine [歷史上的發展]”, in Historical Review of the Development of the Chinese Acupuncture [中國鐵灸發展史]‎[4], Taipei, →OCLC, page 106:
      Wong lived during the Ming Dynasty in Chimen county, Anhui province; his style was Hsing Tse (省之).
      [original: 明代祁門（安徽省）人，字省之。]]
    • 2014 May 14, Kate Kelland, “Scientists, drugmakers, charities sign UK deal on animal research”, in Larry King, editor, Reuters‎[5], archived from the original on 29 April 2022‎[6]:
      Macaques look out from their cell at the Anhui Provincial Experimental Macaque Training Center in Qimen county, Anhui province, November 19, 2008.

Translations

References

  1. ^ Shabad, Theodore (1972), “Index”, in China's Changing Map‎[1], New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 345, 354:
    Chinese place names are listed in three common spelling styles: […] (1) the Post Office system, […] (2) the Wade-Giles system, […] shown after the main entry […] (3) the Chinese Communists' own Pinyin romanization system, which also appears in parentheses […] Kimen (Ch'i-men, Qimen)
  2. ^ Blunden, Caroline; Mark Elvin (1998), “Gazetteer”, in Graham Speake, editor, Cultural Atlas of China‎[2], Revised edition, Checkmark Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 232, 235: “Names in italics represent the Wade-Giles equivalent of the preceding Pinyin transcription. […] Qimen/Ch'i-men 35°22′N 114°34′E, 105”
  3. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Kimen or Ch’i-men”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎[3], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 947, column 2

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