英和和英

語源

From the Wade-Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 煙臺／烟台 (Yen¹-tʻai²).

固有名詞

Yen-t'ai

1. Alternative form of Yantai
   • 1896, Alex Armstrong, In a Mule Litter to the Tomb of Confucius‎^[1], James Nisbet & Co., page 5:

     I was well done-up myself when I got to the top, and was more than pleased to rest a little and look down upon fading Yen-t'ai (the Chinese name for Chefoo), before the hills would shut it from my sight for weeks.

   • 1907, Frederick McCormick, The Tragedy of Russia in Pacific Asia‎^[2], Outing Publishing Company, page 281:

     The Japanese had established their position on a line running nearly east and west about half-way between Yen-t'ai and the Sha River. It was in fact exactly parallel to the branch railway connecting Yen-t'ai with the Yen-t'ai mines.