Chingchuan
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Mandarin 青川 (Qīngchuān) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻing¹-chʻuan¹.
Proper noun
editChingchuan
- Alternative form of Qingchuan (Sichuan, China)
- 1928 August, Outram Bangs, James L. Peters, “Birds Collected by Dr. Joseph F. Rock in Western Kansu and Eastern Tibet”, in Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy[1], volume LXVIII, number 7, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard College, →OCLC, page 333:
- An adult female of this rare woodpecker was taken at 6,000 feet in April 1925 near Chingchuan in the forests of northern Szechuan.
- 2009 May 28, Xiaozhou Dai, Ji Shen, Wanhua Zhao, Yunzhi Jiao, Hong Jiang, “Phase report of medical treatment in Sichuan Province, China after the Wenchuan earthquake”, in Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine[4], volume 2, number 2, , →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-08-08[5]:
- According to incomplete statistics, within 72 hours of the earthquake, Wenchuan, Lixian, Maoxian, Pingwu, and Chingchuan had treated 28,340 injured people relying on the local county, township, and village three-tier medical staff.
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Etymology 2
editFrom Mandarin 涇川/泾川 (Jīngchuān) Wade–Giles romanization: Ching¹-chʻuan¹.
Proper noun
editChingchuan
- Alternative form of Jingchuan (Gansu, China)
- 1933 February 28, “中原日程摘錄”, in The Young Companion [良友畫報][6], number 74, →OCLC, page [7]:
- Picture of the Liang You photographing group taken in a temple South of Chingchuan, Kansu. […]
Carved images of the Tang Dynasty in a temple in Chingchuan, Kansu.
- 1965 June, Chien-wu Teng, “The Cave Temples of Chingyang”, in Eastern Horizon[8], volume IV, number 6, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7, column 2:
- In the following year, he built a sister temple, the Southern Cave Temple, at the present-day Wangchiakou, Chingchuan country, a temple which is similar in structure and style to the former.
- 1966 June, Tingsen S. Wei, “The Origin of Russia According to Chinese Records”, in Chinese Culture: A Quarterly Review[9], volume VII, number 2, Taipei: Chinese Culture University Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 32:
- Among the West Jung states, there was one nomadic state called Wu-shih 烏氏(史記,匈奴列傳), of which the original state seat was the modern 烏氏城 Wu-shih Cheng (citadel) in the norht of Chingchuan Hsien in Kansu 甘肅涇川縣北.
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Etymology 3
editFrom Mandarin 清泉 (Qīngquán) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻing¹-chʻüan².
Proper noun
editChingchuan
- Alternative form of Qingquan (Hsinchu County, Taiwan)
- 1995, Wink Dulles, Robert Young Pelton, “Taiwan”, in Far East 1996/97[10], Redondo Beach, Cali.: Fielding Worldwide, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 430:
- Take the Kuokuang or Chunghsing long-distance bus to Chutung. You can either rent a car here or take bus 122 past Wufeng checkpoint to Chingchuan, then travel along the Talulin path to Kuanwu.
- 2007, Barry Martinson, “Aborigine World”, in Chingchuan Story[11], Gabriel Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 2:
- The truck climbed higher along the winding road of Wufeng Township. Around me the scenery became more and more fantastic — like Chinese scroll paintings of mountains fading away into mist. Everything was fresh and green. The truck curved, dipped a bit, and then plunged into a narrow mountain tunnel. I ducked my head just in time.
After sloshing through the darkness for several minutes, we emerged from the tunnel into a wide and sun-dappled valley. There, bathed in light and dotting the cliffs like bright flowers in the distance, were the brick and bamboo dwellings of the village called Chingchuan.
- 2014 July 19, Dana Ter, “Snapshots from Chingchuan”, in Taipei Times[12], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-11-24, Features, page 12[13]:
- The court overlooks the fogged-covered mountains of her hometown, an Atayal village called Chingchuan (清泉) which is near Hsinchu.
- 2021 January 3, Han Cheung, “Taiwan in Time: The house of Sanmao’s dreams”, in Taipei Times[14], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-01-02, Features, page 8[15]:
- Writer Sanmao (三毛) didn’t spend much time in the mountain village of Chingchuan (清泉) in Wufeng Township (五峰), Hsinchu County, something about the place seemed to deeply impact her heart.
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Further reading
edit- Chingchuan at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.