Kuantien

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English

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 官田 (Guāntián) Wade–Giles[1] romanization: Kuan¹-tʻien².

Proper noun

Kuantien

  1. Alternative form of Guantian (Taiwan)
    • 2000, Chen Shui-Bian, “Living and Growing”, in David J. Toman, transl., The Son of Taiwan: The Life of Chen Shui-Bian and His Dreams for Taiwan, Taiwan Publishing Co., Ltd., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 48:
      I was born on February 18, 1951 in a plain tiled house in the village of Hsichuang, Kuantien Township, Tainan County.
    • 2004 April 30, Bob Mackin, “Travel Story - In a nutshell”, in Pique Newsmagazine, archived from the original on 20 September 2023, Travel‎:
      The crisp, mildly sweet water chestnut – "bee-chee" in Mandarin – is the biggest export from the Kuantien district in central Tainan County. The 130-year-old, white and red brick, southern Fujianese-style house is Kuantien’s biggest tourist magnet because it was the boyhood home of Chen Shui-bian.
    • 2021 October 26, “Family cycling gets an upgrade at the Ling Po Kuantien Route in Tainan”, in FTV News, archived from the original on 20 September 2023:
      A new cycle route in Tainan’s Kuantien District is being touted as the perfect family holiday destination. []
      September to December is the prime harvest season for water chestnuts in Kuantien District.
    • 2022 August 2, “PMI contracts for first time since 2020”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 01 August 2022:
      China Steel Structure Co workers operate equipment at a factory in Tainan’s Kuantien District on Jan. 6.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Kuantien.

References

  1. ^ “Taiwan place names”, in Pinyin.info, 2006, archived from the original on 2006-10-01:
    This list of city and county names of places in Taiwan gives Chinese characters, Hanyu Pinyin, Tongyong Pinyin, and a commonly seen older form (usually bastardized Wade-Giles). [] 鄉鎮市區別 / Hanyu Pinyin (recommended) / Hanyu Pinyin (with tones) / Tongyong Pinyin / old forms [] 官田鄉 Guantian / Guāntián / Guantian / Kuantien

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 寬甸 (Kuāndiàn) Wade–Giles romanization: Kʻuan¹-tien⁴.

Proper noun

Kuantien

  1. Alternative form of Kuandian (China)
    • 1902, J. Miller Graham, “On Circuit”, in East of the Barrier, or, Sidelights on the Manchuria Mission, Fleming H. Revell Company, →OCLC, page 122:
      Mr. Sprent and Mr. Turley pursued their journey down the Yalu, thence to Newchwang, while I came due west vid Kuantien to Liaoyang.
      "Kuantien, which I reached on 12th January, is a large and important place, four hundred and sixty li east of Liaoyang.
    • 1913 February, “Asbestos Mines in China”, in Mines and Minerals, volume XXXIII, number 7, Scranton, PA, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 398, column 3:
      Consul Baker, of Antung, China, states that valuable deposits of asbestos have been found in the vicinity of Kuantien, a small town lying about 45 miles northeast of Antung.
    • 1952, “Calcareous Bacteria Bomb”, in Exhibition on Bacteriological War Crimes Committed by the Government of the United States of America, Peking: Chinese People's Committee for World Peace, →OCLC, page 18, column 1:
      On March 12, 1952, at noon time, eight American airplanes flew over Kuantien County, Northeast China, from the southwest toward northeast direction.
    • 1978 December 28 [1978 December 20], “Liaoning Daily Discusses Stability Among Rural Cadres”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 250, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Shenyang Liaoning Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, page L 4:
      In his article titled "Stable or Unstable Has a Great Bearing on the End Result," (Fang Tsai-wen) compares the two production teams in (Tantien) brigade, (Yungtien) commune, Kuantien County, to show the merits in maintaining relative stability of cadres in production teams. The article states: In the winter of 1972, commune members of the No 7 production team in (Tantien) brigade, (Yungtien) commune, Kuantien County unanimously renominated (Chi Chun-lin), a veteran team leader before the Great Cultural Revolution, as their team leader.

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