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Ch'i-men

Ch'i-men is the alternative form of Qimen.

Meaning of Qimen

Proper noun

Qimen

  1. A county of Huangshan, Anhui, China.
    • KEEMUN black tea, a famous Chinese product, has long been a favorite for its clear color and fresh, smooth flavor, brewed from fine, tightly-rolled leaves. It comes from the area around Keemun county in the beautiful Huangshan Mountains in southern Anhwei province.[1973 May, “Keemun Black - A Famous Tea”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXII, number 5, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 23

Origin of Ch'i-men

From Mandarin 祁門 /祁门 (Qímén), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻi²-mên².

Questions about Ch'i-men

What is Ch'i-men the alternative form of?
Ch'i-men is the alternative form of Qimen.

Words near Ch'i-men in the dictionary

  1. Ch'eng-tu
  2. ch'i
  3. Ch'i-ch'i-ha-erh
  4. Ch'i-ch'un
  5. Ch'i-chia
  6. Ch'i-men
  7. Ch'ich'ihaerh
  8. Ch'ieh-mo
  9. Ch'ieh-shih
  10. Ch'ien-chiang
  11. Ch'ien-lung

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ch'i-men (page history and authors); Qimen (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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