Hai-men

See also: Haimen

English

Map including 海門 HAI-MEN (AMS, 1954)

Etymology

From Mandarin 海門海门 (Hǎimén) Wade-Giles romanization: Hai³-mên².

Proper noun

Hai-men

  1. Alternative form of Haimen
    • 1964, Ho, Ping-ti, The Ladder of Success in Imperial China, Science Editions, LCCN 62-10451, OCLC 1198998194, page 167:
      Of a handful of sheng-yüan lists available, two are arranged according to local clans. The two localities in which these clans lived are T’ung-chou in southern Kiangsu and the neighboring Hai-men sub-county.
    • 1965, Chu, Samuel C., Reformer in Modern China, Chang Chien, 1853-1926, Columbia University Press, LCCN 65-10541, OCLC 760522897, OL 14725503M, page 30:
      He had heard rumors that certain Shanghai merchants were planning to establish their own mill either in Ch’ung-ming or Hai-men.

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