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.
Statements (31)
| 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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