Hsia-men

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Hsia-men is an older romanized form of the name for Xiamen, a major port city on the southeast coast of China in Fujian Province.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former romanization
appliesTo harbor of Xiamen
urban area of Xiamen
associatedWithDialect Hokkien NERFINISHED
Southern Min NERFINISHED
chineseCharacters 廈門
correspondsToPinyin Xiamen NERFINISHED
country China
denotes coastal city
port city
eraOfCommonUse early 20th century
late 19th century
functionOfName identification of a major Chinese port
geographicRegion Taiwan Strait area NERFINISHED
historicalUsage Western literature on China
older English-language texts
language Chinese
locatedOnCoastOf southeast China
meaningOfCharacters “mansion gate”
modernSpelling Xiamen NERFINISHED
nameOrigin transliteration of local pronunciation of 廈門
province Fujian NERFINISHED
refersTo Xiamen NERFINISHED
replacedBy Hanyu Pinyin form “Xiamen”
romanizationSystem Wade–Giles NERFINISHED
scriptType Latin alphabet
standardizationStatus non-standard under modern PRC romanization policy
toponymType exonym
usedFor place name
usedInContext maps of China produced in the West
missionary and sinological publications

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Xiamen romanization Hsia-men