Tianshuihai
Syllables: Tian·shui·hai
Tianshuihai proper noun: a lake in Hotan County, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China, part of the disputed Aksai Chin.
Proper noun
Tianshuihai
- A lake in Hotan County, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China, part of the disputed Aksai Chin.
- On a vast, dry lakebed called Tianshuihai, we came to a community of sorts, a desperate huddle of concrete and mud structures. My map labeled the region “Soda Plain,” and it seemed a long time since any water had gathered there. It was also, evidently, earthquake country. Buildings, many of them...1991, Jeremy Schmidt, Himalayan Passage: Seven Months in the High Country of Tibet, Nepal, China, India, & Pakistan, Seattle: The Mountaineers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 117
- Woo and Gong had flown out of Tianshuihai and were patrolling a section of the border where China abutted the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, including the disputed region of Askai^([sic – meaning Aksai]) Chin that was under Chinese control.
"Could you imagine being posted to this place?" Gong...2004, Tom Grace, The Secret Cardinal, Perseus Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 265
Forms of Tianshuihai
| alternative form | Tien Shui Hai |
|---|---|
| alternative form | T’ien-shui-hai |
Origin of Tianshuihai
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 甜水海 (Tiánshuǐhǎi).
Questions about Tianshuihai
- What does Tianshuihai mean?
- Tianshuihai means a lake in Hotan County, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China, part of the disputed Aksai Chin.
- What part of speech is Tianshuihai?
- Tianshuihai is a proper noun.
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