Tunghua

See also: T'ung-hua

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 通化 (Tōnghuà), Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻung¹-hua⁴.

Proper noun

Tunghua

  1. Alternative form of Tonghua.
    • 1928 March 8 [1928 February 20], A.N.A., “NEW RAILWAYS IN MANCHURIA.”, in Hongkong Daily Press‎[1], number 21,732, Hong Kong, sourced from Peking, →OCLC, page 3, column 3:
      In order to improve the line of communications in Manchuria, the Chinese authorities are going to extend the Mukden-Hailung to Linkiang viá Hsinking and Tunghua as requested by the residents of these cities; but in view of the small amount of the product for export by the line, the prospect is not quite favourable. According to semi-official reports, the proposed extension will start at Hsinking for Tunghua, over 320 Chinese li away. Then 20 Chinese li east of Tunghua it will have to negotiate the mountainous region from Tungchangtai and Sanhotzu, necessitating the construction of an extensive tunnel.
    • 1978 December 8 [1978 December 5], “Kirin Daily Calls for Improvements in Industry”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 237, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Changchun Kirin Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Northeast Region, page L 2:
      We should take the same attitude in consolidating and reorganizing our industry as Tunghua County did.
    • 1983, Chong-Sik Lee, “Radicalism versus United Front among the Guerrillas”, in Revolutionary Struggle in Manchuria: Chinese Communism and Soviet Interest, 1922–1945‎[2], University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 214:
      Evidently negotiations were successful, since about this time the Red guerrillas" were reported to have expanded their forces by collaborating with the Big Swords in nearby Chinchuan Hsien and with the National Salvation Army in Tunghua and Liuho hsien.
    • 2022, Jim Mangi, “Korea 1945 to the Present”, in Dropping the Atomic Bomb on Hirohito and Hitler: What Might Have Happened If the A-Bomb Had Been Ready Early‎[3], Pen and Sword Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page [4]:
      The previous year the GMD had defeated the PLA in much of south-eastern Manchuria, capturing Tantung and Tunghua along the border with Korea (Hooten).
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Tunghua.
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