Ch'ang-ch'un
See also: Changchun and Chángchūn
English
Etymology
From Mandarin 長春/长春 (Chángchūn) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻang²-chʻun¹.[1]
Pronunciation
- enPR: chängʹcho͞onʹ
Proper noun
Ch'ang-ch'un
- Alternative form of Changchun
- 1913, “Manchuria”, in The Coal Resources of the World, volume 1, Morang & Co. Limited, OCLC 247141962, page 267:
- The Pan-la-mên coal-field is situated about 16 km. south of Ssŭ-pʻing-chieh station on the railway between Chʻang-tʻu and Chʻang-chʻun.
- 1968, “CH'ANG-CH'UN”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 5, LCCN 68-10064, OCLC 1036882, page 267, column 2:
- The city began as a local trading centre for north Chinese settlers at the end of the 18th century. It expanded rapidly and from 1905 to 1935 was a major junction and transshipment point between the Russian-owned broad-gauge Chinese Eastern railway and the Japanese-owned standard-gague South Manchurian railway. Ch'ang-ch'un was equipped with sizable railroad shops and also became the junction for railways extending westward into Inner Mongolia and eastward into northern Korea.
- 1992, Lu Lan, “Sorrows of a Factory Worker”, in Li Yu-ning, editor, Chinese Women Through Chinese Eyes, M. E. Sharpe, →ISBN, LCCN 91-11313, OCLC 891192118, OL 8377260M, page 228:
- In 1957, P'u-yi consented to her request for a divorce, and a year or so later she married a radio broadcasting technician. She gave birth to a son in 1962. At present she lives in Ch'ang-ch'un.
- 1994, Tony Scotland, The Empty Throne: The Quest for an Imperial Heir in the People's Republic of China, Penguin Books, →ISBN, OCLC 221410579, OL 7349476M, page 103:
- But P'u-yi was nothing if not soft when it came to family, and he arranged for the young man to live with his uncle Beitzu P'u-hsiu in P'u-yi's old house in T'ien-ching. So Yü-t'ai was well clear of Ch'ang-ch'un when the axe fell in 1945.
- 2012, A. A. Evans, David Gibbons, The Illustrated Timeline of World War II, New York: Rosen Publishing, →ISBN, LCCN 2011007015, OCLC 706677503, page 247:
- Aug 21, 1945 Russians take Ch'ang-ch'un
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Ch'ang-ch'un.
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Translations
Changchun — see Changchun
References
- Changchun, Wade-Giles romanization Ch’ang-ch’un, in Encyclopædia Britannica
Further reading
- “Ch'ang-ch'un” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.