Ssu-ch'uan
English
Etymology
From Mandarin 四川 (Sìchuān) Wade–Giles romanization: Ssŭ⁴-chʻuan¹.[1]
Proper noun
Ssu-ch'uan
- Alternative form of Sichuan
- 1898 May, G. J. L. Litton, Report of a Journey to North Ssu-ch'uan, Harrison and Sons, OCLC 708423424, page 6:
- It appears that heavy autumn rains following on the break-up of a hot summer are prevalent all over Ssu-ch'uan, except at Sungpan where the climate is the same as North China, heavy summer rains and fine autumn.
- 1969, Yi-Fu Tuan, China, Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company, →ISBN, LCCN 71-86829, OCLC 100249, page 21:
- Orographic rain seems significant only when the monsoon current runs into the high plateaux of Yun-nan and Kuei-chou, and into the mountains of Ssu-ch'uan. Thus the famous Omei Shan of Ssu-ch'uan is one of the wettest places in China, and receives on the average about 76 inches a year.
- 1999, Daniel L. Overmyer, Precious Volumes, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, LCCN 99-19188, OCLC 470161440, page 259:
- At Patriarch's invitation, Taoist "Perfected and Friends of the Way" accompany him to Ssu-ch'uan.
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Translations
Sichuan — see Sichuan
References
- Sichuan, Wade-Giles romanization Ssu-ch’uan, in Encyclopædia Britannica