I-tu
See also: itu, ITU, and Itu
English
Etymology 1
Map including I-tu (DMA, 1975)
From Mandarin 宜都 (Yídū) Wade–Giles romanization: I²-tu¹.
Proper noun
I-tu
- Alternative form of Yidu, Hubei.
- 1898, Archibald John Little, “Shanghai to Ichang”, in Through the Yang-tse Gorges, 3rd edition, Sampson Low, Marston & Company, OCLC 1098571240, page 33:
- We passed the walled district city of I-tu, situated upon a small affluent called the Ching Chiang, or Clear River, which takes its rise in the province of Hu-Nan to the south.
- 1917, Couling, Samuel, “Church of Scotland Mission”, in The Encyclopedia Sinica, Kelly and Walsh, OCLC 1113200294, page 120:
- Owing to the many changes in the small staff, it was not till 1898 that settled out-stations were occupied. In 1917, there are fifteen of these, the chief being I-tu 宜都, about 30 miles from Ichang.
- 1987, Judith M. Boltz, A Survey of Taoist Literature Tenth to Seventh Centuries, →ISBN, LCCN 87-61572, OCLC 1014859100, page 213:
- According to the hagiography in the Ming gazetteer on Wu-tang Shan, Chang had a traditional classical upbringing as a child in I-tu 宜都 (Hupeh) and eventually entered the civil service.
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Translations
Yidu — see Yidu
Etymology 2
From Mandarin 益都 Wade–Giles romanization: I⁴-tu¹.
Proper noun
I-tu
- Alternative form of Yidu, Shandong.
- 1943, Arthur W. Hummel Sr., editor, Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period (1644-1912), volume 1, page 243:
- FÊNG Pʻu 馮溥 (T. 孔博, 易齋), 1609-1692, Jan.-Feb., official, was a native of I-tu, Shantung.
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Translations
Yidu — see Yidu
Anagrams
- TUI, Tiu, UTI, tui