T'ung-hua

T'ung-hua

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 通化 (Tōnghuà) Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻung¹-hua⁴.[1]

Proper noun

T'ung-hua

1. Alternative form of Tonghua
   • 1929 March, Lane, Raymond A., “Up the Yalu River”, in The Field Afar‎, volume XXIII, number III, ISSN 0271-7204, OCLC 5803105, page 83:

     Shortly after the party reached An-tung, it was reported that the Japanese officer had been killed by the bandits, who had carried their captive to the vicinity of T’ung-hua, the site of our latest foundation.

   • 1972, Bianco, Lucien, “Secret Societies and Peasant Self-Defense, 1921-1933”, in Jean Chesneaux, editor, Popular Movements and Secret Societies in China 1840-1950‎, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, LCCN 70-153816, OCLC 995562039, OL 5705380M, page 218:

     T’ung-hua hsien, between Mukden and Kirin, provides another example. During late 1927 and early 1928, T’ung-hua was the scene of a rather large uprising instigated by the Big Knife Society (Ta-tao Hui).

   • 1978, Illustrated World War II Encyclopedia‎, volume 20, H. S. Stuttman Inc., →ISBN, OCLC 317252552, page 2698:

     They had permission to retreat to the fortified lines in the T'ung-hua area.

Translations

Tonghua — see Tonghua

References

1. Tonghua, Wade-Giles romanization T’ung-hua, in Encyclopædia Britannica

Further reading

• “T'ung-hua”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary