Tsun-i

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 遵義 (Zūnyì) Wade–Giles[1] romanization: Tsun¹-i⁴.[2]

Proper noun

Tsun-i

  1. Alternative form of Zunyi.
    • 1940, Yüeh-hwa Lin, “The Miao-Man Peoples of Kweichow”, in Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies‎[3], volume 5, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard-Yenching Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 264–265:
      The next year, a certain bandit chieftain Yang Lung-hsi 陽隆喜 plundered the districts of T‘ung-tzü 桐梓 and Jên-huai 仁懷 and encircled the prefecture of Tsun-i 遵義.[...]
      The emperor also approved a request by the people of Tsun-i, Kweichow, for permission to establish a memorial temple.
    • 1985, Ching Hua Lee, “Becoming Mao's Man (1931-1935)”, in Deng Xiaoping: The Marxist Road to the Forbidden City‎[4], Princeton, N.J.: The Kingston Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 68:
      When the army reached Tsun-i, an enlarged Politburo meeting was called. Teng attended as an observer.

References

  1. ^ Blunden, Caroline (1998), “Gazetteer”, in Cultural Atlas of China‎[1], Revised edition, Facts on File, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 232, 237: “Names in italics represent the Wade-Giles equivalent of the preceding Pinyin transcription. […] Zunyi/Tsun-i”
  2. ^ “Additional Terms”, in Chinese Phrase Book (TM 30-633)‎[2], Washington, D. C.: United States War Department, 10 December 1943, →OCLC, pages 220, 221, lines 1, 18:
    English Pronunciation […] Wade System Chinese Writing […]
    Tsun-i (Tsunyi) DZWUN YEE! […] tsun¹ i⁴ 遵義

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