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Ch'un-ch'iu en · ADJ

Etymology

The Wade-Giles romanization of the Mandarin 春秋 (Chūnqiū) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻun¹-chʻiu¹.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, dated, not-comparable) Alternative form of Chunqiu.
    alt of Chunqiu

Forms

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Chun-chiu alternative lexicographic
Chunchiu alternative lexicographic

wikipedia: Cambridge University Press

Ch'un-ch'iu en · PROPN

Etymology

The Wade-Giles romanization of the Mandarin 春秋 (Chūnqiū) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻun¹-chʻiu¹.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, dated) Alternative form of Chunqiu.
    alt of Chunqiu
    • The earliest reliable accounts of Chinese eclipses come from Spring and Autumn Annals (Ch’un-ch’iu), recording eclipses from 772 to 481 BCE, including a total solar eclipse in 709 BCE. 2017, Mark Littmann, Fred Espenak, “Ancient Efforts to Understand”, in Totality: The Great American Eclipses of 2017 and 2024, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 38:
    • References to Kunshan as the “Deer City” can be traced back to the Ch’un-ch’iu or Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history (eighth to fifth centuries B.C.). 2023 November 7, “Official mascot makes debut at Duke Kunshan”, in Duke Kunshan University, archived from the original on 04 Dec 2023:

Forms

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Chunchiu alternative lexicographic
Chun-chiu alternative lexicographic

wikipedia: Cambridge University Press