Mount Emei

English

Etymology

Partial calque of Mandarin 峨眉山 (Éméi Shān).

Proper noun

Mount Emei

1. A mountain in Emeishan, Leshan, Sichuan, China.
   • 1992 May 15, Holland Cotter, “Review/Art; Restating and Adapting Images of China's Past”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 May 2015, Arts‎^[2]:

     As his most significant contribution to the vast body of art he emulated, Chang effected a synthesis of two historical modes, the austere tonal ink style of the scholar-artist painter and the brightly colored, vibrantly detailed style of the court artist. The two are joined in his depiction of Mount Emei, a Buddhist pilgrimage site that Chang visited many times.

   • 1993, Roger Phillips, Martyn Rix, The Quest for the Rose‎^[3], New York: Random House, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 52:

     The journey from Chengdu to Mount Emei takes five hours but with quite long stops on the way.

   • 2001, Peter Hessler, River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze‎^[4], London: John Murray, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 202:

     “Also, that American on Mount Emei was very white,” he said. “His skin was so white and bad-looking! But you're actually a little yellow—you look more Chinese. Your skin is much better than his!”

   • 2007 July 13, “China farmers protest toxic gas leak-report”, in Reuters (Latest Crisis)‎^[5], archived from the original on 10 September 2022‎^[6]:

     Farmers near Mount Emei in Sichuan province blocked a highway to protest against an aluminium company they said was responsible for the leak that contaminated grapes and other crops, the Hong Kong-based Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy said in a fax.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Mount Emei.

Translations

mountain

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 峨眉山 (zh) (Éméi Shān)

• Japanese: 峨眉山 (がびさん)