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固有名詞

Kuantien

1. Alternative form of Guantian (Tainan, 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.

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参照

語源 2

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

固有名詞

Kuantien

1. (dated) Alternative form of Kuandian (Liaoning, China).
   • 1951 September 3, Lindesay Parrott, “U.S. Air Raid on Manchuria Is Charged by Peiping Radio”, in The New York Times, volume C, number 34,190, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, column 6:

     The plane, which the radio broadcast identified as a heavy bomber, came from the direction of Chosan in Korea at 10:43 P. M. Aug. 29, dropped one bomb at Shihchutzechen in Kuantien County of Liaoning Province and then flew off "in the direction of Korea."

   • 1962, “Chronology of Truce Negotiations”, in The Voice of Korea‎, volume IX, Washington, D. C.: Korean Affairs Institute, →OCLC, page 585, column 2:

     The Peking radio said the American jet-fighter plane which was shot down Apr. 13 at 9:16 A.M. 9 kilometers northwest of Changtienhokou (Kuantien County, Liaotung Province) had—with 1 other plane—strafed several villages, wounding a woman and killing a cow.

   • 1978 October 13 [1978 August 26], “Hydroelectric Power Increased”, in Translations on People's Republic of China, number 461, United States Joint Publications Research Service, sourced from Shenyang Liaoning Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, Scientific and Technological, page 39:

     Kuantien County, Liaoning Province, has increased power output from small hydroelectric power stations.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Kuantien.

Further reading

• “Kuantien”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.