Ch'ing-tao
English edit
Etymology edit
From Mandarin 青島／靑島／青岛 (Qīngdǎo), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻing¹-tao³.[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
- enPR: chǐngʹdouʹ
Proper noun edit
Ch'ing-tao
- Alternative form of Qingdao
- 1965, Norton S. Ginsburg, “Urban Geography and "Non-Western" Areas”, in Philip M. Hauser, Leo F. Schnore, editors, The Study of Urbanization[2], 3rd reprinting, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., published 1967, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 331:
- Somewhere between this type and the mixed type noted previously would be cases like that of Ch'ing-tao, in which virtually the entire existing city was constructed by the Germans after the razing of the old Chinese town, which included a new "Chinese" town laid out alongside the "Western" and disconcertingly Teutonic new town.
- 1969, Yi-Fu Tuan, China[3], Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 33:
- The strip of land north of the port of Ch'ing-tao in Shantung province is forested, in sharp distinction to the barren hills beyond. The forest was under German supervision, at the time when Ch'ing-tao came under their judicial control. If the port bears unhappy witness to Germany's imperialistic ambition, the green belt is a tribute to that country's attitude towards land.
- 2008, China and Mongolia, Part 2[4], Marshall Cavendish, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 165:
- Qingdao (Tsingtao or Ch'ing-tao) is a major port along the south coast of the Shandong (Shantung) Peninsula.
- 2008, James Laxer, The Perils of Empire[5], Viking Canada, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 77–78:
- In 1897, Germany gained control of the Chʻing-tao area in Shantung; the following year, the British acquired the Wei-hai region also in Shantung; and the Russians acquired Ta-lien and Lu-shan in Liaotung.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Ch'ing-tao.
Translations edit
Qingdao — see Qingdao
References edit
- ^ Qingdao, Wade-Giles romanization Ch’ing-tao, in Encyclopædia Britannica
- ^ “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China[1], Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 476, 477: “The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin, […] Ch'ing-tao (Qingdao) 靑島”
Further reading edit
- “Ch'ing-tao”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “Ch'ing-tao” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
- “Ch’ing-tao or Tsing·tao”, in The International Geographic Encyclopedia and Atlas[6], Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 158, column 2