Tianchi
Syllables: Tian·chi
Tianchi proper noun: synonym of Heaven Lake: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
Proper noun
Tianchi
- Synonym of Heaven Lake: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
- Local people later called the lake "Dragon Lake". After the communist revolution, the guaishou was seen in 1962 by Zhou Fengying, a worker at the Jilin Meteorological Bureau, while making a check at the weather station next to Tianchi (Heavenly Pool) Lake, as it is now called, on top of Changbai...1994 May 18, John Kohut, “Monster tourism boom sighted”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2023
- Tianchi Lake on Changbai Mountain, Jilin Province, is the deepest lake in China. It was formed by a volcano break in 1702 and is located on the top of Baitou Peak, the highest peak of Changbai Mountain.2008 March 7, Jackie Zhang, “The legend of the lakes”, in Beijing Today, number 353, →ISSN, →OCLC, Travel China, page 20, column 1
- Synonyms:
- Heaven Lake
Examples of Tianchi in a sentence
- At 7,185 feet above sea level, the 3.8-square-mile caldera lake, called Cheonji in Korean and Tianchi in Chinese, was created a thousand years ago in one of the biggest volcanic eruptions in history.2016 September 26, Choe Sang-Hun, “For South Koreans, a Long Detour to Their Holy Mountain”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...
- The sublime volcanic lake of Tianchi straddles the border with North Korea.2017, “History & Culture”, in National Geographic Traveler: China, 4th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 19:
- Heaven Lake, known as "Cheonji" in Korea or "Tianchi" in Chinese, is located inside a caldera on top of the mountain.2022 July 22, Kwon Mee-yoo, “Apple corrects map after VANK's protest over ownership of Mount Paektu”, in Korea Times, archived from the...
Synonyms of Tianchi
Forms of Tianchi
| alternative form | Tienchih |
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Origin of Tianchi
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 天池 (Tiānchí).
Questions about Tianchi
- What does Tianchi mean?
- Tianchi means synonym of Heaven Lake: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
- How do you use Tianchi in a sentence?
- At 7,185 feet above sea level, the 3.8-square-mile caldera lake, called Cheonji in Korean and Tianchi in Chinese, was created a thousand years ago in one of the biggest volcanic eruptions in history.
- What part of speech is Tianchi?
- Tianchi is a proper noun.
Words near Tianchi in the dictionary
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