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English
Etymology
From Mandarin 錢塘 / 钱塘 (Qiántáng) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻien²-tʻang².
Proper noun
Ch‘ien-t‘ang
- (orthodox) Alternative form of Qiantang
1903, Shiichi Tajima, Masterpieces Selected from the Kôrin School: with Biographical Sketches of the Artists of the School, and some Critical Descriptions, volume I, Tokyo: Shimbi Shoin, →OCLC, page :Lin Ho-ching, surnamed Pu, a man who lived during the Sung dynasty of China, was born at Ch‘ien-t‘ang of Hang-chau in Ché-kiang province.
1953, China's Management of the American Barbarians: A Study of Sino-American Relations, 1841-1861, with Documents, New York: Octagon Books, published 1972, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 712:CHIN Ying-lin 金應麟, native of Ch‘ien-t‘ang, Chekiang, was a chin-shih of the Tao-kuang period.