T'ien-chin
name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 Alternative form of Tianjin. alt-of, alternative
"On Wednesday, the 27th, we arrived at a place called Tʻien-chin. Here we were not on the high road to Pekin, hence the excitement created by our arrival was greater than I had ever before witnessed."
Example
More examples"On Wednesday, the 27th, we arrived at a place called Tʻien-chin. Here we were not on the high road to Pekin, hence the excitement created by our arrival was greater than I had ever before witnessed."
Etymology
From Mandarin 天津 (Tiānjīn) Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻien¹-chin¹.
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