T'ien-mên

English

Alternative forms

• T'ien-men (also from Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From Mandarin 天門／天门 (Tiānmén), Wade-Giles romanization: Tʻien¹-mên².

Proper noun

T'ien-mên

1. Alternative form of Tianmen
   • 1943, Arthur W. Hummel Sr., editor, 章學誠 [CHANG Hsüeh-chʻêng] (Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period)‎^[1], 1970 printing, volume 1, Government Printing Office, page 38:

     In 1764 he visited Tʻien-mên, Hupeh, where his father was director of an Academy and compiler of the local history, 天門縣志 Tʻien-mên hsien-chih, completed in 1765 in 24 chüan.

Translations

Tianmen — see Tianmen

Anagrams

• eminent, tinemen