Hsien-t'ao

From Mandarin 仙桃 (Xiāntáo) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsien¹-tʻao².

Hsien-t'ao

1. Alternative form of Xiantao
   • [1974, Ts'ui-jung Liu, “TRADE ON THE HAN RIVER AND ITSIMPACT ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT C. 1800-1911”, in Academia Sinica‎, archived from the original on May 31, 2021, page 20:

     They traveled from Lao-ho-k’ou to Hankow and recorded the number of boats they saw within fifteen to thirty minutes after leaving each place except the last part of the journey from Hsien-t’ao-chen 仙桃鎮 to Hankow.]

   • 1979, Li Yü, Twelve Towers‎, 2nd edition, Chinese University Press, →ISBN, OCLC 469316169, page 121:

     In a few days the boat reached a place named Mart Hsien-tʻao where many bandits' boats were anchored.

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