Tien Shui Hai
Tien Shui Hai is the alternative form of Tianshuihai.
Meaning of Tianshuihai
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
Origin of Tien Shui Hai
From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 甜水海 (Tʻien²-shui³-hai³).
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- Tien Shui Hai is the alternative form of Tianshuihai.
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