Tianshui

• (from Wade–Giles) T'ien-shui

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 天水 (Tiānshuǐ).

Tianshui

1. A prefecture-level city in Gansu, in northwestern China.
   • [2007, “The Years before the End of the War”, in A Girl From Shanghai: The Story of Lillian Hsu, a Medical Geneticist, a NTU Medical College Alumna‎, →ISBN, OCLC 213361324, pages 35-36:

     On the map Gansu is shaped like a dumbbell lying obliquely from east to west. Its best known city is Lanjhou, the capital, and also the gateway to the Silk Road. But we did not go there; we were heading for a relatively unknown city a few hundred miles away from Lanjhou, called Tianshuei. […]
     Finally we arrived in Tianshuei, an old, old city with impressive walls, 25 feet or more in height and at least 20 feet in thickness, surrounding the rectangular city, which runs about 1 to 2 miles north to south and 4 to 5 miles east to west.

     (Note: Tianshuei is the Tongyong Pinyin-derived name for Tianshui.)]

   • [2016, Porter, Bill, “Tienshui”, in The Silk Road: Taking the Bus to Pakistan‎, Counterpoint, →ISBN, OCLC 939390574, page 33:

     We were still recovering from our Sian getaway, and I was still feeling a bit feverish. So sleep was good. Three hours later, we got off in Tienshui. We were in Kansu province now.]