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==English== |
==English== |
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===Alternative forms=== |
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* {{alt|en|Chao-t'ung||Wade-Giles}} |
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* {{l|en|Chaotung}} |
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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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From {{bor|en|cmn|-}} |
From the {{bor|en|cmn-pinyin|-}}<ref>{{cite-book |
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|year=1995 |
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|chapter=China |
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|title=The New {{w|Encyclopedia Britannica}} |
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|url=https://archive.org/details/newencyclopaedia0016unse/ |
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|edition=15th |
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|volume=16 |
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|ISBN=0-85229-605-3 |
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|lccn=93-073891 |
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|oclc=32056397 |
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|page=42 |
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|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/newencyclopaedia0016unse/page/42/ |
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|columns=1, 2 |
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|text=Conventional/Wade-Giles Pinyin{{...}}Chao-t'ung.......Zhaotong}}</ref> romanization of the {{bor|en|cmn|昭通}}. |
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===Pronunciation=== |
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* {{enPR|jouʹto͝ongʹ}}<ref>{{cite-book|en|year=1952|chapter=Chaotung or Chao-t’ung|editor=Leon E. Seltzer|title=The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World|url=https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/|location=Morningside Heights, NY|publisher={{w|Columbia University Press}}|oclc=802473294|page=371|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/371/|column=3}}<!--Compare to t'ung/ㄊㄨㄥ entries for https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/1960/ and https://archive.org/details/internationalgeo00houg/page/784/--></ref> |
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===Proper noun=== |
===Proper noun=== |
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# {{place|en|prefecture-level city|p/Yunnan|c/China}} |
# {{place|en|prefecture-level city|p/Yunnan|c/China}}. |
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|date=November 27, 1977 |
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|title=Guerrilla activities |
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|journal=Free China Weekly |
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|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1977-11-27_18_47/ |
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|volume=XVIII |
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|issue=47 |
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|location=[[Taipei]] |
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|issn=0016-0318 |
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|oclc=1786626 |
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|page=3 |
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|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1977-11-27_18_47/page/n2/ |
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|column=4 |
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|text=Military chieftains of three Communist "military regions" (Chengtu, Kunming and Canton) and five provincial “military districts” (Szechwon{{sic|Szechwan}}, Tibet, Yunnan, Kweichow and Kwangsi) held a joint conference last September in '''Chaotung''', Yunnan, to discuss measures to be taken against the guerrilla forces. |
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#* {{quote-web |
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|date=03 August 2014 |
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|title=Hundreds dead after quake strikes Yunnan province |
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|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140803224518/http://www.france24.com/en/20140803-earthquake-china-yunnan-province-6-1-magnitude/ |
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|archivedate=03 August 2014 |
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|work=w:France 24 |
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|url2=https://archive.ph/Na2RP |
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|text=The US Geological Survey said the magnitude-6.1 quake struck at a depth of 10 kilometres (6 miles) at around 8:30 a.m. (GMT).<br>Most of the deaths were in '''Zhaotong''' City, the Xinhua state news agency reported.}} |
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====Translations==== |
====Translations==== |
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{{trans-top|prefecture-level city in China}} |
{{trans-top|prefecture-level city in China}} |
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* Chinese: |
* Chinese: |
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*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|昭通 |
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|昭通}} |
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* Lü: {{t|khb|ᦋᧁᧈᦒᦳᧂᧈ}} |
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===References=== |
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===Further reading=== |
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* {{cite-book|en|year=1998|chapter=Zhaotong|editor={{w|Saul B. Cohen}}|title=The Columbia Gazetteer of the World|url=https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/|volume=3|location=New York|publisher={{w|Columbia University Press}}|isbn=0-231-11040-5|lccn=98-071262|oclc=164337564|page=3562|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/page/3562/|column=3}} |
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* {{R:GNV|Zhaotong, Chaotung, Chao-t'ung, Chao-tung}} |
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Latest revision as of 08:55, 10 November 2024
English
[edit]
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 昭通 (Zhāotōng).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Zhaotong
- A prefecture-level city in Yunnan, China.
- [1977 November 27, “Guerrilla activities”, in Free China Weekly[3], volume XVIII, number 47, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 4:
- Military chieftains of three Communist "military regions" (Chengtu, Kunming and Canton) and five provincial “military districts” (Szechwon[sic – meaning Szechwan], Tibet, Yunnan, Kweichow and Kwangsi) held a joint conference last September in Chaotung, Yunnan, to discuss measures to be taken against the guerrilla forces.]
- 2014 August 3, “Hundreds dead after quake strikes Yunnan province”, in France 24[4], archived from the original on 03 August 2014[5]:
- The US Geological Survey said the magnitude-6.1 quake struck at a depth of 10 kilometres (6 miles) at around 8:30 a.m. (GMT).
Most of the deaths were in Zhaotong City, the Xinhua state news agency reported.
Translations
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “China”, in The New Encyclopedia Britannica[1], 15th edition, volume 16, 1995, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 42, columns 1, 2: “Conventional/Wade-Giles Pinyin […] Chao-t'ung.......Zhaotong”
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Chaotung or Chao-t’ung”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[2], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 371, column 3
Further reading
[edit]- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Zhaotong”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[6], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3562, column 3
- Zhaotong, Chaotung, Chao-t'ung, Chao-tung at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.