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Qimen

Syllables: Qi·men

Qimen proper noun: a county of Huangshan, Anhui, China.

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
    • 明代祁門（安徽省）人，字省之。[1978, Yu-min Chuang (Yu-ming Chong) [莊育民], “The Historical Development in Acupunctural Medicine [歷史上的發展]”, in Historical Review of the Development of the Chinese Acupuncture [中國鐵灸發展史], Taipei...

Forms of Qimen

alternative formCh'i-men
alternative formCh'i-mên
alternative formKeemun

Origin of Qimen

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 祁門 /祁门 (Qímén).

Questions about Qimen

What does Qimen mean?
Qimen means a county of Huangshan, Anhui, China.
What part of speech is Qimen?
Qimen is a proper noun.

Words near Qimen in the dictionary

  1. qilin
  2. qilins
  3. Qilt
  4. Qimant
  5. Qimei
  6. Qimen
  7. qin
  8. Qin Mountains
  9. Qin script
  10. qin tan
  11. Qin'an

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