Ti-hua
English
editEtymology
editFrom Mandarin 迪化 (Díhuà) Wade–Giles romanization: Ti²-hua⁴.
Proper noun
editTi-hua
- Alternative form of Dihua (Ürümqi)
- [1948, Joseph Stilwell, edited by Theodore H. White, The Stilwell Papers[1], Schocken Books, published 1972, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 146:
- SEPTEMBER 10 Conference with Madame. She went in to Ti Hua ³⁵ and did the dickering with the Sinkiang governor. Got him back in the fold. [He] hadn't been out of his yamen [courtyard] in six years. Heavily guarded. All [his] servants wear two guns. Suspicious of poison, examines wine corks before drinking, looks melons all over to see if they've been needled. Ti Hua a dump. "Looks like a bedraggled old tart," says Madame.]
- 1970, Joseph B. R. Whitney, China: Area, Administration, and Nation Building[2], Department of Geography, University of Chicago, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 47:
- In general, the north-south contraction was greater than the east-west, and, whereas time-distance between Peking and Canton had been reduced by 96 per cent, the contraction between Peking and Ti-hua in Hsin-chiang was only 84 per cent.
- 1987, Arthur C. Hasiotis, Jr., Soviet Political, Economic, and Military Involvement in Sinkiang from 1928 to 1949[4], Garland Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 76–77:
- Chang succeeded, but this caused Chin to fear Chang as too ambitious, and thus Chin ordered Chang to retreat to Ti-hua.³⁵ One of Chin's most serious problems was his inability to trust his own generals. Therefore, he was usually unable to capitalize on their infrequent military victories. For example, after Chang Pei-yuan had returned to Ti-hua, Khodja Niaz quickly counterattacked and routed Chin's remaining forces at Hami, which now were under the command of General Li Hai-ju.