Qimen

Qimen

English

Alternative forms

• (from Wade–Giles) Ch'i-men, Ch'i-mên
• Keemun

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of Mandarin 祁門／祁门 (Qímén).

Proper noun

Qimen

1. A county of Huangshan, Anhui, China.
   • 2014 May 14, Kelland, Kate, “Scientists, drugmakers, charities sign UK deal on animal research”, in Reuters‎, archived from the original on 29 April 2022:

     Macaques look out from their cell at the Anhui Provincial Experimental Macaque Training Center in Qimen county, Anhui province, November 19, 2008.

Translations

county in eastern China

Chinese: Mandarin: 祁門／祁门 (zh) (Qímén) Japanese: please add this translation if you can

References

1. Shabad, Theodore (1972), “Index”, in China's Changing Map‎, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, LCCN 71-178868, OCLC 482667885, pages 345, 354:

   Chinese place names are listed in three common spelling styles: […] (1) the Post Office system, […] (2) the Wade-Giles system, […] shown after the main entry […] (3) the Chinese Communists' own Pinyin romanization system, which also appears in parentheses […] Kimen (Ch'i-men, Qimen)