Ch'ung-ming

English

Map including CH'UNG-MING and CH'UNG-MING TAO (AMS, 1955)

Etymology

From Mandarin 崇明 (Chóngmíng) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻung²-ming².

Proper noun

Ch'ung-ming

1. Alternative form of Chongming
   • 1937, Michael Calvert, “Shanghai”, in Jon E. Lewis, editor, The Giant Book of Battles‎^[1], London: Magpie Books, published 2006, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 129:

     Chʻung-ming, an island astride the mouth of the Yangtze, had been captured against quite stiff opposition from the Chinese River Defense Force and was being developed into an advance naval and air base.

   • 1976, Lawrence D. Kessler, K'ang-hsi and the Consolidation of Ch'ing Rule 1661-1684‎^[2], University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 91:

     Cheng's presence along the southeast coastline made the Manchus nervous about the security of Ch'ung-ming island off the Kiangsu coast, which they promptly reinforced.

   • 2016, Daniel Bacon, chapter 15, in Frisco‎^[3] (Fiction), Quicksilver Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 108:

     The ship steamed past Ch'ung-ming Island and veered south into the Whangpu River, a quarter-mile wide tributary flanked on both sides by dirt levees.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Ch'ung-ming.

Translations

Chongming — see Chongming