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单词 Fatshan
释义

Fatshan

See also: Fat Shan

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 佛山 (fat6 saan1).

Proper noun

Fatshan

  1. Synonym of Foshan
    • 1877, C. T. Gardner, Mr. Gardner to Consul Sir B. Robertson (Correspondence Respecting the Attack on the Indian Expedition to Western China and the Murder of Mr. Margary), page 105:
      The places where I myself saw the Proclamations exhibited are as follows:- Fatshan, Sam-shui, Ching-yüan, Po Miao, Ying-tê, Shao-kow, Shao-chou Fu.
    • 1988, Bill Ream, Too Hot for Comfort: War Years in China 1938-50, Epworth Press, →ISBN, OCLC 17260757, page 5:
      A number of us on the boat were expecting to go on from Hong Kong to various stations in Kwangtung province and further north and east. I myself was to be stationed at a boys' Middle School at Fatshan, some ten miles west of Canton where we had a large compound with a hospital as well as the boys' and girls' schools.
    • 2008, Andrew Lambert, “John Fisher”, in Admirals: The Naval Commanders who Made Britain Great, Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 292:
      Between 1856 and 1860 Fisher took part in three battles during the Second Anglo-Chinese War. At Fatshan Creek his boat was up with the leaders at the destruction of the Chinese flotilla.
    • 2015, Amitav Ghosh, Flood of Fire, John Murray, →ISBN, page 532:
      Now thousands of fresh troops were pouring into the city, from other provinces and cities; new vessels, modelled on British gunboats, were being built at secret locations and guns were being cast in a foundry at nearby Fatshan, among them a colossal eight-pounder.

References

  • Fatshan”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
  • Fatshan” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.
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