Chingmen
See also: Ching-men
English
editEtymology
editFrom Mandarin 荆門 (Jīngmén), Wade–Giles romanization: Ching¹-mên².
Proper noun
editChingmen
- Alternative form of Jingmen
- 1956, Bernard Llewellyn, “The Captive Concubines”, in China's Courts and Concubines[1], George Allen & Unwin Ltd, page 161:
- Wang Chʻiang was born at Chingmen in modern Hopeh on the north bank of the Yangtse-kiang.
- 1965, Alexander Cordell, chapter 15, in The Sinews of Love[2], Doubleday & Company, page 125:
- "The name of Bright Concubine was Ming Fei—some called her the Brilliant Lady. Many poets confuse her with Hsiang Fei, so you are not alone in the error. Wang was her family name and she was born in Chingmen.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Chingmen.
Translations
editJingmen — see Jingmen
Further reading
edit- Chingmen at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.