Tienchih
Tienchih is the alternative form of Tianchi.
Meaning of Tianchi
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
- Synonyms:
- Heaven Lake
Origin of Tienchih
From Mandarin 天池 (Tiānchí), Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻien¹-chʻih².
Questions about Tienchih
- What is Tienchih the alternative form of?
- Tienchih is the alternative form of Tianchi.
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