Chin-men

See also: Chinmen

English

Map including Kinmen (labeled as 金門 CHIN-MEN (QUEMOY)) and surrounding area (AMS, 1954)

Etymology

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 金門 (Chin¹-mên²).

Proper noun

Chin-men

1. Alternative form of Kinmen
   • 1989, Wing-tsit Chan, “Chu Hsi and Chin-men (Quemoy)”, in Chu Hsi New Studies‎^[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 561:

     Chʻiu was a native of Hsiao-teng Township, Chin-men, and was also a fourth-generation pupil of Chu Hsi.⁸ The list of outstanding men of Chin-men in section 4 of chapter 9 includes only Chʻiu Kʻuei, thus indicating that the other Tʻung-an natives were not from Chin-men.

   • 1992, Richard Louis Edmonds, edited by Graham P. Chapman and Kathleen M. Baker, The Changing Geography of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (The Changing Geography of Asia)‎^[2], Routledge, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 160:

     Since 1949, Taiwan has remained under Nationalist (Kuomintang) control along with the off-shore islands of Chin-men (Kinmen) and Ma-tsu (Lien-chiang County) in Fujian Province. Chin-men and Lien-chiang County are to end their period of direct military rule and to elect their first country magistrates in 1993.

   • 2003, Tu Cheng-sheng, translated by Paul Cooper, Ilha Formosa: the Emergence of Taiwan on the World Scene in the 17th Century‎^[3], →OCLC, page 53:

     He was succeeded by his eldest son, Cheng Ching (鄭經), who pulled out of Amoy and Chin-men (金門) not long after taking the reigns from his father.

   • 2004 October, National Intelligence Council, “Introduction (English)”, in Tracking the Dragon: National Intelligence Estimates on China During the Era of Mao, 1948-1976‎^[4], Government Printing Office, →ISBN, →OCLC, page xix:

     When the PLA artillery units across from Chin-men began shelling the island heavily in late August 1959, the National Security Council requested an Estimate on Chinese Communist intentions. SNIE 100-9-58 reiterated that the actions were intended to test U.S. and “Republic of China” government intentions, but that China’s armed forces, while they had the capability to attack the offshore islands, were “probably deterred because of their fear of U.S. intervention.”

Translations

Kinmen — see Kinmen

Further reading

• “Chin-men” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

Anagrams

• inchmen, minchen