Hsiaokan
See also: Hsiao-kan
English
Etymology
From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 孝感 (Xiàogǎn) Wade-Giles romanization: Hsiao⁴-kan³.
Proper noun
Hsiaokan
- Alternative form of Xiaogan
- 1912, Kent, Percy Horace, “The Struggle for Hankow”, in The Passing of the Manchus, Longmans, Green & Co., OCLC 906325465, page 135:
- By October the 24th, headquarters had passed from Huayuan to Hsiaokan, only 45 miles from Hankow, and in a telegram dated from that place on October 25th it was announced by General Yin Ch'ang that the main body of the Imperialists had moved forward to Niehkow, some six or seven miles from Kilometre Ten, and that he himself was following.
- 1937, Tong, Hollington, Chiang Kai-shek Soldier And Statesman, volume 1, Shanghai: China Publishing Company, OCLC 1151219884, OL 14295729M, page 114:
- As Hanyang is of great importance on account of the arsenal being located in that area, Wu wished to recapture it, but Chin Yun-ao urged him to retreat to Hsiaokan along the Peking-Hankow Railway, and to let Liu Tso-lung occupy Hankow.
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Translations
Xiaogan — see Xiaogan