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T'ien-ching

T'ien-ching proper noun: synonym of Tianjin. Also the alternative form of Tianjing.

Proper noun

T'ien-ching

  1. Synonym of Tianjin.
    • The great so-called seaport of T‘ien-ching (Tientsin), some 75 miles to the southeast, actually lies 40 miles from the sea on the Hai Ho, which is unsuitable for any but light navigation.[1944, John A. Pope, “Geography”, in China (Smithsonian Institution War Background Studies), number 20, Washington: Smithsonian Institution, →OCLC, page 7
    • Thus, in climatic terms, many coastal stations in northern China display characteristics of inland stations; T’ien-ching, for example, lies about five hundred miles from the Pacific edge of the continental shelf East China sea, and is in effect, then, five hundred miles “inland.”1969, Norton Ginsburg, “The Geography of China”, in Joseph Kitagawa, editor, Understanding Modern China, Quadrangle Books, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 56
    Synonyms:
    Tianjin

Also used as

T'ien-ching is also the alternative form of Tianjing.

Synonyms of T'ien-ching

Origin of T'ien-ching

From Mandarin 天津 (Tiānjīng) Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻien¹-ching¹.

From Mandarin 天京 (Tiānjīng) Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻien¹-ching¹.

Questions about T'ien-ching

What does T'ien-ching mean?
T'ien-ching means synonym of Tianjin.
What part of speech is T'ien-ching?
T'ien-ching is a proper noun.

Words near T'ien-ching in the dictionary

  1. t'gether
  2. T'ien
  3. T'ien-an-men
  4. T'ien-an-men Square
  5. T'ien-chin
  6. T'ien-ching
  7. T'ien-men
  8. T'ien-mên
  9. t'internet
  10. t'is
  11. T'it'q'et

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